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        Windows 2000 Supported DNS Record Types

Section(s): DHCP and DNS
Published on Apr 20, 2004.
Last Modified on Apr 20, 2004.
Last Modified by Wayne Maples.
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Record Type	Common Name	Function	RFC

A	Address Record	Maps FQDN to 32bit IPv4 address	RFC1035
AAAA	IPv6 address record	Maps FQDN to 128bit IPv6 address	RFC1886
AFSDB	Andrews files system	Maps a DNS domain name to a server subtype that is either an AFS version 3 volume or an authenicated name server using DCE or NCA	RFC1183
CNAME	Canonical name or alias name	Maps a virtual domain name, alias, to a real domain name	RFC1035
HINFO	Host info record	Specifies the CPU and operating system type for the host	RFC1700
ISDN	ISDN info record	Maps an FQDN to an ISDN telephone #	RFC1183
MB	Mailbox name record	Maps a domain mail server name to the host name of the mail server	RFC1035
MG	Mail group record	Maps a domain mailing group to the mailbox resource records	RFC1035
MINFO	Mailbox info record	Specifices a mailbox for the person who maintains the mailbox	RFC1035
MR	Mailbox renamed record	Maps an old mailbox name to a new mailbox name for forwarding purposes	RFC1035
MX	Mail exchange record	Provides routing info to reach a given mailbox	RFC974
NS	Name server record	Specifies that the name server listed has a zone starting with the owner name. Identify servers other than SOA server that contain zone information files.	RFC1035
PTR	Pointer resource record	Points to another DNS resource record, used for reverse lookup to point to A records	RFC1035
RP	Responsible person info record	Provides info about the server admin	RFC1183
RT	Route-through record	Provides routing info for hosts lacking a direct WAN adr	RFC1183
SOA	Start of Authority resource record	Specify which server contains the zone file for a domain	RFC1537
SRV	Service locator record	Provides a way of locating multiple servers providing similar tcp/ip services	RFC2052
TXT	Text record	Maps a DNS name to a string of descriptive text	RFC1035
WKS	Well known services record	Describes the most popular tcp/ip services supported by a protocol on a specific ip adr	RFC1035
X25	X.25 info record	Maps a DNS adr to a public switched data network PSDN adr number	RFC1183