Friday, May 2, 2008

Microsoft Domain Name System (MDNS)

Microsoft DNS is the name given to the implementation of domain name system services provided in Microsoft Windows operating systems.

The Domain Name System support in Microsoft Windows NT, and thus its derivatives Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, comprises two clients and a server. Every Microsoft Windows machine has a DNS lookup client, to perform ordinary DNS lookups. Some machines have a Dynamic DNS Update client, to perform Dynamic DNS Update transactions, registering the machines' names and IP addresses. Some machines run a DNS server, to publish DNS data, to service DNS lookup requests from DNS lookup clients, and to service DNS update requests from DNS update clients.

The server software is only supplied with the server versions of Windows. I want to share my experience with DDNS and Computer Help.

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