DNS on Windows NT

By Cricket Liu, Matt Larson, Paul Albitz
January 1900
Pages: 345
ISBN 10: 1-56592-511-4 | ISBN 13: 9781565925113

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DNS on Windows NT is a special edition of the classic DNS and BIND, which Microsoft recommends to Windows NT users and administrators. This book discusses one of the Internet's fundamental building blocks: the distributed host information database that's responsible for translating names into addresses, routing mail to its proper destination, and many other services.
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DNS on Windows NT is a special edition of the classic DNS and BIND, which Microsoft recommends for Windows NT users and administrators. It discusses one of the Internet's fundamental building blocks: the distributed host information database that's responsible for translating names into addresses, routing mail to its proper destination, and many other services. As the authors write in the preface, if you're using the Internet, you're already using DNS -- even if you don't know it. This book covers the DNS server in Windows NT 4.0, as updated with Service Pack 3. In addition to covering general issues, like installing, setting up, and maintaining the server, it covers many issues specific to the Windows environment: integration between DNS and WINS, converting from BIND to the Microsoft DNS server, and registry settings. It pays special attention to security issues, system tuning, caching, and zone change notification. It also pays detailed attention to issues like troubleshooting and planning for growth. Whether you're an administrator involved with DNS on a daily basis, or a user who wants to be more informed about the Internet and how it works, you'll find that this book is essential reading. Topics include:

What DNS does, how it works, and when you need to use it
How to find your own place in the Internet's name space
Setting up name servers
Using MX records to route mail
Configuring hosts to use DNS name servers
Subdividing domains (parenting)
Securing your name server: preventing unauthorized zone transfers
Mapping one name to several servers for load sharing
Troubleshooting: using nslookup, diagnosing common problems

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First Edition: January 1900
ISBN: 1-56592-511-4
Pages: 345

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"This fine volume should have a special place in the bookshelf of every webmaster with a Windows-based Web server. This is a comprehensive and highly comprehensible book on what can be a complex and confusing subject. Highly recommended." --amazon.co.uk

"The majority of this excellent publication shows you how to acquire DNS software, and it leads you through installation and configuration requirements. From administrative duties to advanced features, you review monitoring and troubleshooting in a deployed DNS system." --Fatbrain.com

"This book provides a well laid out overview of DNS and focuses on how it behaves on Windows NT. DNS on Windows NT walks you through the whole process from buying a domain name to setting up a windows NT DNS server and adding all appropriate records. This book makes an excellent desktop reference." -- www.mcseguide.com, March 2000

"The way I introduce this book in my classes now goes something like this: ...here is a book you don't need to check out; you just need to buy it-- immediately..." --Ron Reck MSCE/MCT, Quickstart Technologies, San Francisco

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