Type

Set this read-only type to Configure DNS Server.

Name

Configure DNS

Zones

Within the Scope Details setting, the following sub-settings are configurable:

·     DNS zone name. A user-definable name

·     Type. The type of DNS zone to be created

·     Replication. Specifies the replication scheme used to share information among DNS servers

·     Zone file name. The zone’s DNS database file

·     Dynamic updates. Enables DNS client computers to register and dynamically update their resource records with a DNS server whenever changes occur

·     Scavenge stale resource records. Removes stale resource records

Server Properties

Within the Server Properties setting, the following sub-settings are configurable:

·     Disable recursion. Specifies that the DNS server will not perform recursion on any query

·     BIND secondaries. Specifies whether to use fast transfer format to transfer a zone to DNS servers running legacy Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) implementations

·     Fail on load if bad data. Specifies the DNS server should parse files strictly

·     Enable round robin. Specifies the DNS server should use the round robin mechanism to rotate and reorder a list of resource records if multiple resource records exist of the same type exist for a query answer

·     Enable netmask ordering. Specifies whether the DNS server should reorder resource records within the same resource record set in its response to a query based on the IP address of the source of the query

·     Secure cache against pollution. Specifies whether the DNS server will attempt to clean up responses to avoid cache pollution

·     Name checking. Configures the name-checking method to be used