Utility to access MS DNS?

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The Microsoft DNS console doesn't support wildcards even though MSDNS
itself does.

Is there some freeware/shareware/commercial utility for managing
Microsoft DNS that is easier to use?

--Dave

 

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In news:MPG.1b9ac29b7a3ad299989717@news.usenetserver.com,
Dave Navarro <dave@dave.dave> wrote their comments
Then Kevin replied below:
> The Microsoft DNS console doesn't support wildcards even
> though MSDNS itself does.
>
> Is there some freeware/shareware/commercial utility for
> managing Microsoft DNS that is easier to use?
>
> --Dave

You can create a Wildcard record using the DNS console by making it a sub
domain named "*" and putting in a blank record with the IP address you want
your wildcard record to point to.
I might add, if AD is in use a wildcard record will cause you big problems,
especially if it is in a zone that is in you DNS Suffix search list. In
fact a badly placed wildcard record will be a big mistake because every
query will resolve to the wildcard IP address.

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In article <uBM#CJijEHA.3944@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>, admin@nospam.WFTX.US
says...
> In news:MPG.1b9ac29b7a3ad299989717@news.usenetserver.com,
> Dave Navarro <dave@dave.dave> wrote their comments
> Then Kevin replied below:
> > The Microsoft DNS console doesn't support wildcards even
> > though MSDNS itself does.
> >
> > Is there some freeware/shareware/commercial utility for
> > managing Microsoft DNS that is easier to use?
>
> You can create a Wildcard record using the DNS console by making it a sub
> domain named "*" and putting in a blank record with the IP address you want
> your wildcard record to point to.
> I might add, if AD is in use a wildcard record will cause you big problems,
> especially if it is in a zone that is in you DNS Suffix search list. In
> fact a badly placed wildcard record will be a big mistake because every
> query will resolve to the wildcard IP address.

Thanks! I found some VBScript WMI code to manage the DNS server and
I've modified it to support wildcards. Seems to be working just fine.

--Dave