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DNS and active Directory Integration - E

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by readie

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I know AD needs DNS for name resolution finding servers etc, however, Is my DNS structure, my AD structure?
If I have a W2K/DNS domain called test.com and add a new child domain dom1, hence dom1.test.com, does the test.com and dom1.test.com domainsautomatically trust each other?
Hence all domains within the same DNS tree automatically trust each other. While domains in disjointed DNS namespaces must be joined with Explicit trusts.
Right? Wrong? Have I missed somthing?

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by ntoz

Your active directory structure is independent of your DNS structure technicaly. AD really has its own namespace and you are correct, only uses DNS to find resouces such as domain controlers and its services. You could technicaly have separate DNS and AD namespaces. You are correct, any domains that share the same namespace have transitive trusts. Disjointed name space or multi forest is done through establishing a trust manualy. You are on the money from a theroy standpoint.

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