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Get-DnsServerResourceRecord

DnsServerResourceRecord is considered a cmdlet that gets the information for a specified resource record from a Domain Name System (DNS) zone. the following information can be about the hostname, record type, record class, time to live, timestamp and record data. This just allows many different ways to get different DNS record information like A, AA, CName, MX etc.

AD Forest

I decided to look into Active Directory Forest because it is something I do not know much about other than it has to do with something along the lines of a domain. Based on some research I found out that the Forest contains all the information for the Active Directory. It contains the domains, users, computers and group policies. The forest can actually contain multiple domains. The frame of the Forest is focused on data security. Also, there are multiple types of forest design models. Each one has there own pros and cons.

PTR Records

I decided to look more into this because it something that was mentioned and use in the lab. I found out PTR records allow the IP address to go to a hostname because of the reverse zone. PTR provides the given hostname or a domain are connected to the IP address. PTR records a big for outgoing mail servers it provides a valid reverse DNS configuration. With every PTR an A record should exist.