Day: December 24, 2011

The Role of Attribute Stores The Role of the AD FS Configuration Database The Role of Claims The Role of Claim Rules The Role of the Claims Engine The Role of the Claims Pipeline The Role of the Claim Rule Language How URIs Are Used in AD FS 2.0 Determine the Type of Claim Rule Template to Use   The Role of the AD FS Configuration Database Updated: May 26, 2011 Applies To: Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 2.0 The AD FS configuration database stores all the configuration data that represents a single instance of Active Directory Federation Services […]

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2 Reverse lookup In most DNS lookups, clients typically perform a forward lookup, which is a search based on the DNS name of another computer as stored in an address (A) resource record. This type of query expects an IP address as the resource data for the answered response. DNS also provides a reverse lookup process, enabling clients to use a known IP address during a name query and look up a computer name based on its address. A reverse lookup takes […]

Note Creating delegated subnetted reverse lookup zones is not a trivial task. It is important to understand how DNS zones work before attempting to create subnetted reverse lookup zones. There are numerous notes throughout this document to which you should pay close attention. It is recommended that you first attempt these procedures in a test environment before deploying them on a live network because of the ease with which mistakes can occur during configuration. The rapid growth of the Internet community created the need to subnetwork full IP networks into smaller portions. In a subnetted environment, DNS servers can easily […]