Your company has a domain controller named Server1 that runs Windows Server 2008 R2. Server1 has the DNS Server server role installed. You need to configure the DNS server to resolve IP addresses to…

The correct answer is A. Pointer (PTR). Pointer (PTR) resource records support the reverse lookup process, based on zones that are created and rooted in the in-addr.arpa domain. These records locate a computer by its IP address and resolve this information to the DNS domain name for that computer

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Question

Your company has a domain controller named Server1 that runs Windows Server 2008 R2. Server1 has the DNS Server server role installed. You need to configure the DNS server to resolve IP addresses to host names. Which record should you create?

Options

APointer (PTR)
BHost Info (HINFO)
CService Location (SRV)
DCanonical Name (CNAME)

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A
79% (42)
B
6% (3)
C
4% (2)
D
11% (6)

Explanation

Pointer (PTR) resource records support the reverse lookup process, based on zones that are created and rooted in the in-addr.arpa domain. These records locate a computer by its IP address and resolve this information to the DNS domain name for that computer

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#DNS#PTR record#reverse lookup#IP-to-hostname

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