i do understand clearly now. thanks for your explanation.


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

> steve wrote:
> > 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...
>
> Non-Fully qualified names are appended with the DNS suffix search list,
> first one (the Primary DNS suffix) if the name cannot be found in the
> internal zone, the DNS client appends the parent of the Primary DNS suffix
> (ms.sg) which is forwarded to the internet, it hits the Wildcard in ms.sg
> and resolves. A DNS name is not fully qualified unless it ends with a dot.
> So, www.microsoft.com is not fully qualified but www.microsoft.com. is.
> It really is that simple, this is a common issue for third level domain
> names, but not all parent domains have wildcards in them, and the client
> stops appending suffixes and just sends the queried name to DNS.
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
> Hope This s
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