Re: AD domain

The purpose of naming an Active Directory domain with a Top-Level Domain
(TLD) extension of ".local" or (as I do sometimes) ".prv" is to help ensure
that the internal name of the domain remains hidden from the Internet
itself. There are many different ways to name an Active Directory - this
being one of them.

When users outside the network require access to the internal domain, they
do so by passing their requests through a firewall, NAT, or proxy of some
kind. This is usually accomplished by creating a "public DNS" presence that
the users can access from the outside - and after proper authentication -
are redirected to resources within the network as necessary. When properly
designed and installed, users from the outside never "see" the identifying
information of the internal domain.

-ds




"Daniel" <Danieltbt05@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1142003268.907043.31300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
What is the purpose of setting AD to FQDN instead of it can be just set
as .local ? Thanks

Rgds
Daniel



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