Re: Wildcard entries on Windows 2000 sub-domain

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In news:uydN3aUbHHA.4544@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Steve Schofield <steve@xxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
I'm running a windows 2000 DNS server. I need to put a wildcard
entry in a domain I created below the root zone. For instance, I
have a zone called 'example.com' I can use the KB article
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;840687 to add
it to the root zone. If I create a new domain below the example.com,
say steve.example.com. I want to put a * in the 'steve.example.com'
zone. I tried the syntax in the KB article, but get the zone can
not be displayed, zone not found.

Actually this article is not entirely correct, while you cannot create an A
record named with the asterisk, you can create a sub domain named with the
asterisk, then create a new A record in this subdomain, leave the name field
blank and give it the IP you want the wildcard to resolve to.
That said, it is not advisable to create a wildcard record in any domain
that is listed in the DNS suffix search list. The reason is because the
suffix in the DNS suffix search list is appended to all names not followed
up with a trailing ".". Example, if domain.com is in your DNS suffix search
list, and having a wildcard under domain.com, then entering
www.microsoft.com without the trailing "." is converted to
www.microsoft.com.domain.com and hits the Wildcard record and resolves.

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