On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 6:49 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> DNS is not specific to a given network adapter. It's a system-wide thing. > > Your first two sentences are not really true with Windows. It's complicated. > :P
My understanding is that the Windows DNS subsystem has a single namespace, shared across the entire system. If a record is cached by the local resolver, that cached record is the same for the entire system. Is that incorrect? I realize the order in which full-service resolvers are tried is driven by network adapter priority. Assuming my understanding is correct: If it's all one namespace, I think it's best to consider it a system-wide thing. DNS *is* the namespace, as far as most things are concerned. Playing games with the resolver order to try and influence that single namespace is a very bad idea. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
