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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.