Microsoft windows 2000 DNS Server User Manual


 
All DCs providing the Kerberos service will register this name. This service is at
least an RFC-1510 compliant Kerberos 5 KDC. The KDC is not necessarily a DC.
All Windows NT Domain controllers running the Kerberos KDC service will register
this name.
_kerberos._udp.<DnsDomainName>
Same as _kerberos._tcp.<DnsDomainName> except the UDP is implied.
_kerberos._tcp.<SiteName>._sites.<DnsDomainName>
Allows a client to locate a Kerberos KDC for the domain named by
<DnsDomainName> and is in the site named by <SiteName>. This service is at
least an RFC-1510 compliant Kerberos 5 KDC. The KDC is not necessarily a DC.
All Windows NT Domain controllers running the Kerberos Key Distribution Center
service will register this name.
_kerberos._tcp.dc._msdcs.<DnsDomainName>
Allows a client to find a DC running a Kerberos KDC for the domain named by
<DnsDomainName>. All Windows NT Domain controllers running the Kerberos Key
Distribution Center service will register this name.
_kerberos._tcp.<SiteName>._sites.dc._msdcs.<DnsDomainName>
Allows a client to find a DC running a Kerberos KDC for the domain named by
<DnsDomainName> and is in the site named by <SiteName>. All Windows NT
Domain controllers and running the Kerberos Key Distribution Center service
_kpasswd._tcp.<DnsDomainName>
Allows a client to locate a Kerberos Password Change server for the domain. All
servers providing the Kerberos Password Change service will register this name.
This server at least conforms to draft-ietf-cat-kerb-chg-password-02.txt. The server
is not necessarily a DC. All Windows NT Domain controllers running the Kerberos
Key Distribution Center service will register this name.
_kpasswd._udp.<DnsDomainName>
Same as _kpasswd._tcp.<DnsDomainName> except the UDP is implied.
Netlogon registers the following DNS A records:
<DnsDomainName>.
Allows a client to find any DC in the domain via a normal A record lookup. A name
such as this will be returned to the LDAP client via an LDAP referral.
gc._msdcs.<DnsForestName>
Allows a client to find any GC in the forest via a normal A record lookup. A name
such as this will be returned to the LDAP client via an LDAP referral.
Netlogon registers the following DNS CNAME records:
<DsaGuid>._msdcs.<DnsForestName>
Allows a client to find any DC in the forest via a normal A record lookup. The only
information known about the DC is the GUID of the MSFT-DSA object for the DC
and the name of the forest the DC is in. This name is used to ease the ability to
rename a DC.
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