Thanks for the explanation.

But for my thinking i always thought, im query internally in primary dns
suffix or parent dns suffix. WHY it should resolve to external.?
sorry if i sound annoying...




"Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]" wrote:

> steve wrote:
> > hi,
> >
> > sorry i dun really get u. i have setup so many AD before. others were
> > using like 'abc.net.sg'. If i create another forward zone
> > 'microsoft.com'. if i do a ping 'www.microsoft.com', it will not
> > resolve things like 'microsoft.com.net.sg'.
> > i dun understand y it got forward out to resolve? i did a nslookup,
> > see if u have any comments
> >
> > Microsoft Windows [Version 5.2.3790]
> > (C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp.
> >
> > C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>nslookup
> > Default Server: aeldc1.ael.ms.sg
> > Address: 198.1.1.60
> >
> >> ael.ms.sg
> > Server: aeldc1.ael.ms.sg
> > Address: 198.1.1.60
> >
> > Non-authoritative answer:
> > Name: ael.ms.sg.ms.sg
> > Address: 203.117.178.39
> >
> >> test.ms.sg
> > Server: aeldc1.ael.ms.sg
> > Address: 198.1.1.60
> >
> > Non-authoritative answer:
> > Name: test.ms.sg.ms.sg
> > Address: 203.117.178.39
> >
> >> test.ms.sg
> > Server: aeldc1.ael.ms.sg
> > Address: 198.1.1.60
> >
> > Non-authoritative answer:
> > Name: test.ms.sg.ms.sg
> > Address: 203.117.178.39
>
> This is the Behavior of nslookup and that DNS client service, you will not
> get this behavior if you add a trailing "."(dot) to your queries. This is
> not a problem with your DNS server, it is the client, it first appends the
> Primary DNS suffix, then it appends the parent of the Primary DNS suffix
> (ms.sg in this case), and will continue to devolve until it has appended the
> last two level domain, if you will append all queries with the dot, the
> client will not append suffixes. Try nslookup with the -d2 option to see
> what names are sent to DNS.
>
> If you follow my instructions it will stop.
>
> The Domain "ms.sg" has a wildcard record in it that will redirect you to
> some kind of Website administration page if you resolve a name that does not
> exist.
>
> Look at some of the names I queried for,
> QUESTION SECTION:
> anynameyouwanttotype.ms.sg. IN A
>
> ANSWER SECTION:
> anynameyouwanttotype.ms.sg. 3599 IN A 203.117.178.39
>
> Query time: 625 ms
> Server : 192.168.201.13:53 udp (192.168.201.13)
>
> QUESTION SECTION:
> http://www.WildCardRecordsAreSoStupi...lPurpose.ms.sg. IN
> A
>
> ANSWER SECTION:
> http://www.WildCardRecordsAreSoStupi...lPurpose.ms.sg. 3599 IN
> A 203.117.178.39
>
> Query time: 328 ms
> Server : 192.168.201.13:53 udp (192.168.201.13)
>
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
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