Interoperability with Other DNS Servers
Windows 2000 DNS is RFC-compliant and interoperates with other DNS implementations. It has been tested to work with Windows NT 4.0, BIND 8.2, BIND 8.1.2, and BIND 4.9.7. However, Windows 2000 supports some features that other implementations of DNS do not support. Table 6.11 compares Windows 2000 to Windows NT 4.0, BIND 8.2, BIND 8.1.2, and BIND 4.9.7.
Table 6.11 Comparison of Features
Feature |
Windows 2000 |
Windows NT 4.0 |
BIND 8.2 |
BIND 8.1.2 |
BIND 4.9.7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Support for the IETF Internet-Draft "A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV)." (SRV records) |
Yes |
Yes (with Service Pack 4) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Support for dynamic update |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Support for secure dynamic update based on the GSS-TSIG algorithm |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Support for WINS and WINS - R records |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Support for fast zone transfer |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Support for incremental zone transfer |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Support for UTF - 8 character encoding |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
The following sections describe issues to consider when implementing features that other DNS servers do not support, and describes how to set up DNS to support Active Directory when you are using third-party DNS servers.