Windows 2000 DNS [Paperback]

Herman Knief (Author), Roger Abell (Author), Jeffery Graham (Author), Andrew Daniels (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 19, 2000

The Domain Name System is a directory of registered computer names and IP addresses that can be instantly located. Without proper design and administration of DNS, computers wouldn't be able to locate each other on the network, and applications like email and web browsing wouldn't be feasible. Administrators need this information to make their networks work. Windows 2000 DNS provides a technical overview to DNS, WINS, and how to design and administer them for optimal performance in a Windows 2000 environment.

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From the Back Cover

The Domain Name System is a directory of registered computer names and IP addresses that can be instantly located. Without proper design and administration of DNS, computers wouldn't be able to locate each other on the network, and applications like email and web browsing wouldn't be feasible. Administrators need this information to make their networks work. Windows 2000 DNS provides a technical overview to DNS, WINS, and how to design and administer them for optimal performance in a Windows 2000 environment.

About the Author

Herman Knief is a Senior Technical at Narus Communications, Inc. He's provided system and network administration services for various clients, including Netcom and Bay Networks. Herman's broad system architecture and administration background includes GTE Government Systems Corp, The USC/ISI office at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and the Corporation for National Research Intiatives (CNRI). Jeffrey Graham has been working with computers for most of his life. Windows, UNIX and other operating systems are where he has finally settled for a career. Jeffrey works as a senior systems administrator/manager for Taos Mountain, Inc. Jeffrey has worked in large scale enterprise environments with DNS, Sendmail, NIS, LDAP, and other enterprise-wide services. Andrew Daniels has been involved with systems and network administration for more than eight years. While attending school at Indiana University, he was responsible for a portion of the university's network and systems administration. Since then, he has focused on enterprise-level systems, networks, and security installation and administration.

Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Sams; 2nd edition (April 19, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735709734
• ISBN-13: 978-0735709737
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,503,487 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #65 in Books > Computers & Technology > Operating Systems > Unix > Administration

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All you need to know about Windows 2000 DNS, May 20, 2000

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J. Nick Otto (Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Windows 2000 DNS (Paperback)

This book does an excellent job of covering Microsoft's latest version of DNS. The book covers many of the details of DNS services from the foundations of DNS to the implementation as put forth by Microsoft. A certain amount of knowledge about Windows 2000 and Active Directory is required to follow much of the book, but this is to be expected (and rightfully so) from a specialty book.

Successful Windows 2000 deployments, and Active Directory implementations, will require a solid DNS solution. This book provides all the information needed to successfully deploy Windows 2000 DNS, including integration with existing DNS servers.

The authors provide helpful guidelines for "best practices" and system maintenance issues. They also cover legacy support issues for WINS and other "downlevel" situations.

This book is a very complete reference and guide to understanding the importance of DNS to the Windows 2000 system administrator. It would be an excellent addition to any System Administrator's reference library.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A classic in the making, September 12, 2000

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Gary Olsen (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Windows 2000 DNS (Paperback)

This is a great DNS book - to rival the DNS and Bind book by O'Reilly. Like the Bind book, this one gives a basic understanding of how DNS works, but it explains it in terms of Windows 2000 rather than Unix like the O'Reilly book. It gives some great practical examples. I work in customer support, supporting network and system administrators and every customer who calls with a DNS question, I recommend this book.

One review in Amazon said it doesn't do a good job of explaining Active Directory - but AD is not in the realm of DNS - you need other sources to see how AD works.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A major disappointment, November 23, 2001

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"jdaniels32" (NH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Windows 2000 DNS (Paperback)

I purchased this with the idea of walking through it to setup a test server environment with multiple zones and domain names. This book goes on and on about concepts of how it all works, but never gets down to the bottom line of - setup your domain this way and this is how the domain appears and how to access from the Internet. Do yourself a favor and find another book.