Alfred's Ramblings

Sometimes you are less than careful and a small change leads to being stuck in a not so nice smelling pool of biologicals.

Well some people have not so good days, some bad days and some worst.

Primary DNS server, usually a Domain Controller provides the necessary name resolution of Active Directory operations. It also required for user computer startup and logon. It is also required for the all important Internet access.

What about the secondary DNS server? Isn't that what it suppose to stand in when the primary is not available?

After a long lull, I get to work with Trend Micro products again. OfficeScan has really evolved. The current version 8.0 will work with IIS or Apache 2.0 (only). If it detects an IIS web server, it will proceed to install for it. Otherwise it will install Apache 2.0. Note this is located in OfficeScan folder, not Apache Project.

Domain controllers for Windows rely on the DNS to work and find each other through SRV records. If the DNS is not available, the domain controllers don't work very well.

For member server, the DNS settings are typically any of the domain controllers. For Domain controllers, the DNS server should be set to its opposite partner as primary and itself as secondary.

The results are in, Barisan Nasional got slapped on the head. They won't 142 out of 222 seats. That works out to 63.96% majority. Much less than 1969 when it secured 69%. That time people died in riots that followed.