RE: [cobalt-users] OT - Windows DNS Trying to Update My RaQ Zones - How to Disable?

["Tolentino, Elmer" <etolentino@xxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barbara [mailto:thebizworkers@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 1:24 PM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [cobalt-users] OT - Windows DNS Trying to Update My RaQ Zones
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> How to Disable?
> 
> Hi Group,
> 
> I don't have any Windows servers -but I have a few
> customers who are running Windows servers and they are
> making lots of noise in my logs from their machines
> trying to update my zone files for their domains..
> 
> Does anyone know the steps (control panel >> ??) to
> disable the DNS services for a Windows machine so
> they'll stop this ugliness..?  I'm going to send my
> customers a little message and ask them to disable
> their DNS services and I want to make it as dummy
> proof as possible..
> 
You may have trouble doing this since most Windows admin who put DNS
Server on their network want it there.

Now if they are using your DNS server to query if it fails to resolve on
their network, you can to this by:

Windows 2000
DNS MMC
Right Click DNS server
Forwarders Tab
If they added your IPs as a forward, ask them to put their ISPs
Nameservers

Blocking port 53 from the source address from your firewall will be
faster though.

> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Barbara
> 
> 
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