Before you start to configure your DNS, you must gather some basic information. Internic must approve some of this information for use on the Internet, but if you are configuring this server for internal use only, you can decide what names and IP addresses to use. -You must have the following information: -Your domain name (approved by Internic). -The IP address and host name of each server that you want to provide name resolution for.

Before you configure your computer as a DNS, review the following:

-Your operating system is configured correctly for both software and hardware. The DNS service depends on the correct configuration of the operating system and its services, such as TCP/IP. -You have allocated all the available disk space. -All the existing disk volumes use the NTFS file system for security.

Installing DNS:

1.) Open Windows Components Wizard. To do so, use the following steps: a. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs. b. Click Add/Remove Windows Components. 2.) In Components, select the Networking Services check box, and then click Details. 3.) In Subcomponents of Networking Services, select the Domain Name System (DNS) check box, click OK, and then click Next

Configuring DNS:

1.) Start the Configure Your Server Wizard.

2.) On the Server Role page, click DNS server, and then click Next.

3.) On the Summary of Selections page, view and confirm the options that you have selected. The following items should appear on this page: Install DNS Run the Configure a DNS Wizard to configure DNS If the Summary of Selections page lists these two items, click Next. If the Summary of Selections page does not list these two items, click Back to return to the Server Role page, click DNS, and then click Next.

4.) After you click Close, the Configure a DNS Server Wizard opens. Follow these steps: a. On the Select Configuration Action page, select the Create a forward lookup zone check box, and then click Next. b. To specify that this DNS hosts a DNS zone that contains DNS resource records for your network resources, on the Primary Server Location page, click This server maintains the zone, and then click Next. c. On the Zone Name page, in Zone name, specify the name of the DNS zone for your network, and then click Next. The name of the zone is the same as the name of the DNS domain for your small organization or branch office. d. On the Dynamic Update page, click Allow both non secure and secure dynamic updates, and then click Next. This makes sure that the DNS resource records for the resources in your network update automatically. e. On the Forwarders page, click Yes, it should forward queries to DNS servers with the following IP addresses, and then click Next. When you select this configuration, you forward all DNS queries for DNS names outside your network to a DNS at either your ISP or central office. Type one or more IP addresses that either your ISP or central office DNS servers use. f. On the Completing the Configure a DNS Wizard page of the Configure a DNS Wizard, you can click Back to change any of the settings. To apply your selections, click Finish.

To cr.eate a new zone::

1.) Go to Administrative tools > DNS In the DNS tab, right click on the server name and select new zone.

2.) Up pops the New Zone Wizard and select:: Primary zone.

3.) Select:: To all DNS servers in the Active Directory domain.yourserver.com

4.) Select:: Forward lookup zone.

5.) At the zone name screen, type in the zone you want. For example, newzone.roxie.ca.

6.) Also at the next screen select:: Allow both unsecured and secured dynamic updates. - Note:: Significant security vulnerability

7.) Press next and the summary screen will pop up. Press finish to complete the new zone.

NSLookup Capture::

Through nslookup in the cmd, we looked for newzone.roxie.ca ( newzone being the zone we made and roxie.ca being not our domain, but one made for this assignment)