Windows NT DNS

• Provides Computer System Architects and Engineers critical information on properly setting up their DNS
  
• Only book available focused on DNS for Windows NT
  
• Includes coverage of related issues with maintenance tasks, security issues, and troubleshooting tools and utilities

Table of contents

Introduction
Part I: Understanding Windows Name Services

Chapter 1: Introducing the Domain Name System
Chapter 2: Introducing NetBIOS
Chapter 3: How Windows Clients Use DNS and WINS
Chapter 4: WINS and DNS: Making the Most of Both Services

Part II: Introducing Windows NT DNS

Chapter 5: How DNS Works
Chapter 6: Name Server Types
Chapter 7: What DNS Knows
Chapter 8: Dissecting Name Queries
Chapter 9: How MS DNS Works with Other Servers

Part III: Using Windows NT DNS

Chapter 10: Designing Your DNS Service(s)
Chapter 11: Installing and Setting Up DNS
Chapter 12: Integrating DNS with WINS
Chapter 13: Configuring Clients
Chapter 14: Working with Service Providers
Chapter 15: Maintenance Tasks
Chapter 16: Security Issues
Chapter 17: Troubleshooting Tools and Utilities
Chapter 18: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

Part IV: Appendices

Appendix A: Third Party Utilities and DNS Servers
Appendix B: RFCs on DNS, BIND, and NetBIOS
Appendix C: Top-Level Internet Domains
Appendix D: Registering Addresses on the Internet
Appendix E: Sample Network Traces for DNS Resolutions
Appendix F: Resource Records and the InterNIC Cache File

Index