YouarethesystemsengineerforContoso,Ltd.TheinternalnetworkconsistsofaWindowsNT4.0domain.ThecompanymaintainsaseparatenetworkthatcontainspubliclyaccessibleWebandmailservers.TheseWebandmailserversaremembersofaDNSdomainnamedcontoso.com.Thecontoso.comzoneishostedbyaUNIX-basedDNSserverrunningBIND4.8.1.Contoso,Ltd.,isplanningtomigratetoaWindowsServer2003ActiveDirectorydomain-basednetwork.ThemigrationplanstatesthatallclientcomputerswillbeupgradedtoWindowsXPProfessionalandthatallserverswillbereplacedwithnewcomputersrunningWindowsServer2003.ThemigrationplanspecifiesthefollowingrequirementsforDNSinthenewenvironment:? ActiveDirectorydatamustnotbeaccessiblefromtheInternet.?TheDNSnamespacemustbecontiguoustominimizeconfusionforusersandadministrators.?Usersmustbeabletoconnecttoresourcesinthecontoso.comdomain.?UsersmustbeabletoconnecttoresourceslocatedontheInternet.?TheexistingUNIX-basedDNSserverwillcontinuetohostthecontoso.comdomain.?TheexistingUNIX-basedDNSservercannotbeupgradedorreplaced.YouplantoinstallaWindowsServer2003DNSserverontheinternalnetwork.YouneedtoconfigurethisWindows-basedDNSservertomeettherequirementsspecifiedinthemigrationplan.Whatshouldyoudo?()
YouarethesystemsengineerforContoso,Ltd.TheinternalnetworkconsistsofaWindowsNT4.0domain.ThecompanymaintainsaseparatenetworkthatcontainspubliclyaccessibleWebandmailservers.TheseWebandmailserversaremembersofaDNSdomainnamedcontoso.com.Thecontoso.comzoneishostedbyaUNIX-basedDNSserverrunningBIND4.8.1.
Contoso,Ltd.,isplanningtomigratetoaWindowsServer2003ActiveDirectorydomain-basednetwork.ThemigrationplanstatesthatallclientcomputerswillbeupgradedtoWindowsXPProfessionalandthatallserverswillbereplacedwithnewcomputersrunningWindowsServer2003.
ThemigrationplanspecifiesthefollowingrequirementsforDNSinthenewenvironment:
? ActiveDirectorydatamustnotbeaccessiblefromtheInternet.
?TheDNSnamespacemustbecontiguoustominimizeconfusionforusersandadministrators.
?Usersmustbeabletoconnecttoresourcesinthecontoso.comdomain.
?UsersmustbeabletoconnecttoresourceslocatedontheInternet.
?TheexistingUNIX-basedDNSserverwillcontinuetohostthecontoso.comdomain.
?TheexistingUNIX-basedDNSservercannotbeupgradedorreplaced.
YouplantoinstallaWindowsServer2003DNSserverontheinternalnetwork.
YouneedtoconfigurethisWindows-basedDNSservertomeettherequirementsspecifiedinthemigrationplan.
Whatshouldyoudo?()