I’ve found the AD/DNS relationship to be one of the least understood aspects of Active Directory, and the literature is full of misinformation and half-truths. I was surprised to realize that in this ...

How do Active Directory domains relate to DNS subdomains? I've gotten myself confused. We're expanding out from the corporate office to new facilities. The first thing that comes to mind is to create ...

The combination of Domain Name System, Active Directory and the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is a potential cybersecurity threat, Akamai Technologies Inc. security researcher Ori David warned ...

In the last couple of columns, I’ve been covering strategies for supporting Active Directory’s (AD’s) DNS requirements, particularly from the standpoint of shops that have DNS implemented on ...

Joel Snyder, Ph.D., is a senior IT consultant with 30 years of practice. An internationally recognized expert in the areas of security, messaging and networks, Dr. Snyder is a popular speaker and ...

I've been given the task of adding 3 new hosts to my dns servers but I'm not sure how to do it. Lets say that my domain is domain.com. My internal dns servers are setup to host it and everything. How ...

COMMENTARY--Microsoft's Active Directory (AD) is a powerful tool for an enterprise computing environment, but there haven't been many enterprise environments lining up to adopt it. According to ...

Following recent reports about mass-scale attacks aimed at modifying Domain Name System records, UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) released an advisory with mitigation options for ...