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The Real MCTS/MCITP Exam 70-642 Prep Kit
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The Real MCTS/MCITP Exam 70-642 Prep Kit

by Brien Posey
April 2011
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
800 pages
17h 5m
English
Syngress
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102 Chapter 2 • Configuring DNS
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Introduction
Today, most of the computers in the world are identified by IP address. Although
computers are great at working with numbers, humans generally have an easier
time remembering names than long strings of numbers. This is where Domain
Name Servers (DNS) comes into play. DNS is responsible for resolving host
names to IP addresses, so that we do not have to remember each individual host’s
IP address.
DNS is by far one of the most important parts of most networks, and the exam
covers DNS heavily. There are several reasons why DNS is so important. For starters,
there are countless computer ...
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