Windows 2000 server records in DNS

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

> If I remove the "gc._msdcs.sonytel.be. IN A 10.34.0.17" line everything gets
> accepted (but it still doesn't work since apparently this line is crucial for
>  Windows).
> 
> Any ideas why the "owner name" is invalid?

	Because "gc._msdcs.sonytel.be" is not a valid hostname, "_" is
	illegal in a hostname.  The usual solution is to make
	"_msdcs.sonytel.be" a seperate zone and turn off the checks
	for that zone (check-names ignore).  The extended solution
	is to make "_sites.sonytel.be", "_tcp.sonytel.be" and 
	"_udp.sonytel.be" seperate zones as well and turn on dynamic
	updates for all four zones.

	Microsoft did the right thing by calling the zone "_msdcs" as
	that cannot clash with any legal hostname.  Unforunately they
	then put a A record underneath.

	Mark
> 
> Note: I'm running bind 8.2.3
> 
> thanks in advance,
> 
> Nico
> 
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