DNS on Windows 2000, Second Edition

DNS Properties

Let’s finish this chapter with an explanation of the Action → Properties selection. The Properties selection on the Action menu is context-sensitive. When selected, the DNS console displays the properties of the resource record, zone, or server that is highlighted.

Resource Record Properties

Select a resource record on the right by single-clicking it. Then choose Action → Properties. The window should look familiar: it’s the same one you used to add the record. You can get the same effect by simply double-clicking the record, too.

Zone Properties

The zone properties window is viewed by selecting a zone on the left and choosing Action → Properties. Unlike resource record properties, some zone information can be changed only from this window. It has five tabs:

General

This window shows the name of the zone’s data file as well as indicating if it’s a primary or slave (secondary) zone. The type of the zone can be changed from primary to slave or vice versa. Dynamic updates and aging/scavenging are advanced topics that we’ll cover in Chapter 11. The window for the movie.edu zone is shown in Figure 4-28.

Figure 4-28. Zone properties window, General tab

Start of Authority (SOA)

This window shows the zone’s SOA record. The display is the same as the window shown way back in Figure 4-13 and is no different than if you double-click the SOA record in the right panel.

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