From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Aug 30 8:16:35 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8399414C27 for ; Mon, 30 Aug 1999 08:16:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by lariat.lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA07180 for ; Mon, 30 Aug 1999 09:14:31 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19990830090826.04661c40@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 09:14:26 -0600 To: chat@freebsd.org From: Brett Glass Subject: Windows 2000 to demand Microsoft-specific DNS extensions Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The PC Week article at http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,1016137,00.html suggests that Windows 2000, which incorporates Microsoft's "Active Directory," will require Microsoft's proprietary extensions to DNS in order to function. This, in turn, will require a site to use NT servers as its domain name servers. This article is badly written in that it skips the fundamental technical details, does not explore the possibility that there might be workarounds for the problem, and dwells instead on the petty, internal corporate turf wars that this misfeature might cause. Nonetheless, it's food for thought: Can Microsoft successfully force companies to change their server platforms by manipulating its ubiquitous desktop client? --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message