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A collection of computers or other networked resources.

A collection of computers or other networked resources within an organisation. A domain is identified by a domain name. Domains can be divided into hierarchical sub-domains.

A Microsoft domain is such a collection, often managed by the Active Directory product. The centralized authority for a Microsoft domain is one or more Domain Controllers. These Domain Controllers are responsible for authentication and other security services within the domain.

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What is the best Domain Registrar?

Possible Duplicate: Who is a good registrar these days? What is your favorite (US) Domain Registrar? While this is not specifically a programming question, I host a good number of websites. I've used a handful of different registrars in the past,…
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Do not allow domain computers to communicate with each other

Our domain consists of around 60 computers. I have been tasked with making sure that Windows 10 workstations cannot communicate with each other. My manager asked that I create static routes so that computers can only communicate with the network…
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Allow a certain URL path with Squid

I'm using Squid 3.4 on Debian, and I want to know how to allow certain sub-URLs while banning the rest of them. Particularly, I want to ban access to reddit.com/* but allow access to reddit.com/r/foo/* and reddit.com/r/foo/ acl bad url_regex…
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Do I have to buy a second wildcard certificate for a subdomain?

We already have a wildcard certificate for *.mycompany.com. Our network has hosts that are only reachable internally. All of them belong to the internal.mycompany.com subdomain. There is a private server with the host name…
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Why is the "www." sometimes necessary?

Possible Duplicate: www.example.com vs example.com Is there any particular reason that "www." is required for some websites? It seems to me that all this does is cause inconvenience (at best) and confusion. For example, http://math.cmu.edu gives…
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How to check AD DS domain/forest functional level from domain joined workstation?

Is it possible to define AD DS domain/forest functional levels from domain joined workstation? Preferably through CLI/PS and if possible w/o Domain Admin rights... How I can accomplish it?
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SQL Server 2012 with account NT Service\MSSQLSERVER access is denied in domain

A few months ago we installed SQL Server 2012 in Windows 2008 R2 under the virtual account "NT Service\MSSQLSERVER", all good. A few days ago, one of the admins of the IT dept installed Full Text Search component to the SQL Server 2012 (the problem…
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What is the difference between a plain Amazon ec2 instance and beanstalk?

I am a solo developer and the sites I'm deploying are very small, usually hobby sites and I have a few questions about the Amazon services. Is there a reason for me to use beanstalk or should I just stick with a single ec2 instance? Should I use…
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Do I need to renew the keys which I deposited at my domain provider?

I have set up some domains with dnssec. I generated the keys and signed the zones with zonesigner from dnssec-tools. I know that I must resign the zones within 30 days. But what's up with the keys which I deposited at my domain provider? Do I need…
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Search and Domain in resolv.conf = slow lookups on Ubuntu

I have a machine running ubuntu 10.04 server. I've started getting long (5-10 second) delays when making connections to (some) sites outside of the LAN using tools like curl and wget. Using tcpdump and wireshark, I've found the problem to be in the…
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Which DHCP Client OS Support DHCP Option 119 Domain Suffix Search?

The ability for DHCP servers (Microsoft, ISC, VitalQIP, IPControl, Infoblox, etc.) to deliver DHCP Option 119 - Domain Suffix Search Lists has been around for a long time. Initially, DHCP Client Support for this option was scarce. So, my question…
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Can 'Domain Users' join computers to the domain?

That sounds very unlikely to me, but just to be sure: Can a member of 'Domain Users' join a computer to the domain (granted that he has the local administrator account)? The instructor said it, and it sounds very wrong. I tested it and I got 'Access…
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How can a domain name have no nameservers?

I have found several domains on the internet that have no nameservers, however they have WHOIS records and domain registrars say they are taken. My understanding of DNS on the internet was that the presence of a domain's nameserver showed that is…
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Getting a domain name off of the blacklist

I have a friend who purchased a domain name recently that he found out (after buying it) is apparently blocked by many corporate firewalls or proxies b/c it's been tagged as porn by the blacklist db they're using. Are there any common agencies he…
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Running a Windows service under a domain user account

If I run a Windows service on some host under a domain user account, and the password for this account changes at some later point, will the service now fail to start, until you update the password? If not, how are the credentials for the domain…
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