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Microsoft Active directory: helps manage with groups, users, computers (nowadays usually in the cloud)
Global catalog: contains an index of every object within the Active Directory service
Domain Controller:
Host command helps show the Ip to a domain
ipconfig /displaydns helps with displaying the cache more of a forensic analysis
ipconfig /flushdns helps clear out the cache (used for malicious intent)
Root Servers contain TLE = Top Level Domain (ex: .com .org)
DNS (port 53) by default uses UDP but can use TCP
A record: Hostname to IP address PTR (Pointer record): IP to hostaddress