On my pair of 2003 DNS servers I noticed that there are hardly any log files (I have one scavaging cycle log). Shouldn't I be seeing zone transfer files consistently (3150 events)? I had an older DNS ...

It depends. There are many different file sharing protocols, both local-only and routed. Many use DNS for name resolution, others can use mDNS (an announced protocol not dependent on a DNS server).

Amazon Web Services this week launched the beta of a programmable and purportedly scalable hosted domain name system service aimed at letting users of its cloud services create, modify, and delete DNS ...

It's an upgrade worth making, but it comes down to your privacy concerns.

Without DNS, computers would have a very tough time communicating with each other. However, most Windows administrators still rely on WINS for name resolution on local area networks and some have ...

DNS software is a favorite target of hackers, which can lead to security problems. Here are some of the most effective ways to lock down DNS servers. A DNS forwarder is a DNS server that performs DNS ...

Amazon Web Services this week launched the beta of a programmable and purportedly scalable hosted domain name system service aimed at letting users of its cloud services create, modify, and delete DNS ...