HP CIFS Windows 2000 Interoperability (October 2002)

CIFS/9000 and Windows 2000 Interoperability
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Do not disable NetBIOS and WINS when a CIFS/9000 member server is part of the domain.
So Microsoft chose to call Windows 2000 DNS “dynamic”, but the integration aspect into the
Active Directory is probably the single most effective feature of DDNS. By integrating it into
ADS, the replication of DNS servers is handled automatically by the ADS, and there is no
requirement to manually configure DNS server distribution. Since the ADS domain
structure is multi-master, there is no single DNS master to fail – all of the DCs act as the
DNS master. Other DDNS features are:
• ADS Integration
• Secure Dynamic Update (RFC 2136 plus a draft)
• Incremental Zone Transfer (RFC 1995)
• DNS Notify (RFC 1996)
• Service Location (RFC 2053 -> 2782)
• Enhanced Cache Resolver (RFC 2308)
• Enhanced DNS Manger
• Unicode Character Support (UTF-8 draft)
o Plus 3 other drafts (in other words – non -standard)
It is important to understand how the feature set of DDNS compares to the UNIX BIND
versions that are available on HP-UX:
BIND v9 adds IPV6 support and DNSSEC.
6.3.1 Microsoft Windows 2000 DDNS Recommendations
Microsoft makes recommendations about Windows 2000 DDNS interoperability with BIND.
This applies to how the DNS implementations may co-exist in a single enterprise:
• The minimum level of BIND should be 8.1.2
o Supports SRV records (2052 -> 2782)
o Incremental Zone Transfer (1995)
• 8.2.2 is best – it is the Windows 2000 equivalent
• 8.2.3 has been reported as preferable by some customers, due to security
enhancements
• Microsoft’s position on v9 is not known at this time
ImpliedImpliedYes2782
?No (8.2)Yes2308
?No (8.2)Yes2181
YesYesYes2136
YesYesYes2052
YesYesYes1996
YesYesYes1995
BIND v9BIND 8.1.2W2000RFC
ImpliedImpliedYes2782
?No (8.2)Yes2308
?No (8.2)Yes2181
YesYesYes2136
YesYesYes2052
YesYesYes1996
YesYesYes1995
BIND v9BIND 8.1.2W2000RFC
Incremental Zone
Transfer
Notification of Zone
Changes
DNS SRV
Clarifications to
Spec
Negative caching of
DNS queries
Dynamic updates
DNS SRV