DNS logs are extremely useful for many purposes. Let's review the basic DNS resource records and their purposes.  Host address (A). Maps a Domain Name System (DNS) domain name to an Internet Protocol (IP) address that is used by a computer.Alias canonical (CNAME). Maps an alias DNS domain name to another primary name or canonical name.Mail...

Delete a host record from DNSdnscmd %server% /recorddelete %zone% @ A %IP% Query DNS forest-wide partition replica dsquery * "DC=ForestDNSZones,dc=forestRootDomain Add a CNAME record to DNS dnscmd %server% /recordadd %zone% %AliasName% CNAME %HostnameAliasing% Query zone resource records on a Microsoft DNS server wmic /namespace:\\root\microsoftdns /node:%server% path MicrosoftDNS_ResourceRecord WHERE ContainerName='%zone_name%'

Here’s a great format for tracking your organizations IP addresses. In an Excel spreadsheet, start a row with the following fields below. You can also see an example for how these spreadsheets look organizaed. *Network*CIDR Mask*Status*Description*Location*Notes*VLAN   OR… *Network*Octet*Status*Description*Location*Notes*VLAN

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