Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed
by Rand Morimoto, Michael Noel, Guy Yardeni, Omar Droubi, Andrew Abbate, Chris Amaris
DHCP Name Protection
DHCP name protection is a feature of the DHCP service that when used with Dynamic DNS registration prevents a DHCP client with a name already in the DNS domain zone from registering or overwriting an existing name that it does not own. This functionality prevents client and server spoofing and name corruption for statically configured systems already registered in DNS. You can enable name protection at either the IPv4 or IPv6 node level or at the scope level. When configured at the scope level, the settings take precedence over the IPv4 or IPv6 node settings. To enable DHCP name protection at the scope level, follow these steps:
1. Open the DHCP console and connect to the desired DHCP server.
2. Expand the IPv4 node, select ...
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