Re: W2003 DNS and FTP Name Resolution
From: Jeff Cochran (jeff.nospam_at_zina.com)
Date: 12/09/04
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Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 19:03:00 GMT
On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 13:17:07 -0800, "L" <L@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
>If your 2003 DNS can't resolve ftp names but can ftp ip addresses, do you
>have to add an ARecord for that ftp site?
DNS doesn't resolve FTP names. It resolves a TCP/IP address to a host
name, using records in its data structure. It could care less if they
are FTP systems. If you need to resolve a host name that is for an
FTP server in your domain, you need an A record or CNAME record for
that host name.
>The problem arose when my virus
>updates recently failed. I called the company and they said it was an DNS
>issue. I've made no changes to DNS since it was first installed and NOW a
>problem? I do not have an FTP server, I only access the vendor site for
>updates.
Then no DNS host you add will have any effect on their domains, you
don't control DNS for their domains. More likely your DNS client
isn't configured correctly or your DNS server isn't forwarding
unresolved requests to your ISP or the root servers.
Jeff
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