Shadow Namespace and Microsoft DNS

Barry Finkel b19141 at achilles.ctd.anl.gov
Mon Jun 28 14:51:34 UTC 2004


KD5ZMG <my00sc00by at yahoo.com> wrote:

>>>Is there anyone running a split namespace nameserver on Micrsoft?
>>> 
>>>How does this work with and AD environment?
>>> 
>>>thanks.
>>>
>>>Mark "Hamzter" C
>>>kd5zmg

Barry Finkel <b19141 at achilles.ctd.anl.gov> replied:

>>I am not sure what you mean. The MS DNS Server software does not
>>support split views, so there is no way to run that configuration on
>>MS DNS software. You can run BIND on W2k with split views. As for
>>working with an AD environment -- I am not sure what you are expecting.

and KD5ZMG <my00sc00by at yahoo.com> replied:

>What I mean is how do I implement a split zone with a, MS DNS server?
>How could I do it if I am running a Unix DNS externally as the
>secondary for the MS integrated AD that does DNS for their delegated
>zone.  So basically my environment is, the primary masters for the AD
>zones are MS DNS servers not running BIND, and the resolvers are
>secondary for all zones including the parent zone.  My external
>resolvers are also split namespace for the parent zone.
>
>It sounds like a big bowl of spaghetti, but it really is not too bad.

What are you trying to accomplish?  Do you want the AD info (i.e., SRV
and CNAME records) accessible to only one view?  If so, then define
the AD zones as slaves in only the one view on the BIND servers.
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