DNS on Windows 2000

By Matt Larson, Cricket Liu

scalability, forwarding and 

Scope Properties window (Microsoft DNS Server) 

search list 

    setting manually 

search option (nslookup) 

searching

    for domains 

    for IP addresses 

    turning off 

second-level domains  2nd  [See also domains subdomains][See also domains subdomains]

secondary name servers  [See slave/secondary name servers]

security  2nd 

    dynamic update protocol and 

    encryption 

    firewalls 

    forwarders 

    root name servers 

    transaction signatures 

semicolon (;)

    in zone data files 

    in comments 

    in zone data files 

sendmail program 

serial numbers  

    incrementing 

    integer 

    nslookup and 

server command (nslookup) 

Server Properties window (Microsoft DNS Server)  2nd 

servers  [See name servers]

SERVFAIL errors 

set all command (nslookup) 

set command (nslookup) 

shadow namespace 

sibling nodes 

signals to primary name server, forgetting  

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) 

slave/secondary name servers 

    adding  2nd 

     expired zones 

    loading data 

    loading from other slaves 

    partial-slave servers 

    running 

    serial numbers 

    setting up 

    zone transfers and 

    zzz  [See also name servers][See also name servers]

SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) 

SOA records  2nd  3rd  4th 

    Netlogon service and 

    serial numbers  [See serial numbers]

    values in, changing 

    zone creation and 

software

    firewall 

    name server 

sorting addresses 

split namespace 

srchlist option (nslookup) 

SRI-NIC host 

SRV records 

    adding with DNS console 

    fields in 

start of authority records  [See SOA records]

starting\\/stopping DNS server

    from DOS command line  2nd  3rd 

state-level domains 

statistics 

stub resolvers  

subdomains  2nd  3rd  [See also domains; parenting]

    choosing 

    delegating  2nd  3rd 

    non-U.S. 

    reading 

     size  

    SOA records 

subnet prioritization 

subnetting networks

    Class A and B 

    Class C 

    on/off nonoctet boundaries 

    on/off octet boundaries 

system administration  [See administration]

System Log