EnableReverseDns

The EnableReverseDns property enables or disables reverse Domain Name Server (DNS) lookups for the World Wide Web Publishing Service (WWW service). Reverse lookups involve looking up the domain name when the IP address is known. Reverse DNS lookups can use significant resources and time.

Schema Attributes

Attribute Name

Value

ADSI/WMI Data Type

BOOL

ABO Data Type

DWORD_METADATA

Schema Default

FALSE

Internal Default

Not specified.

Upper Bound

0

Lower Bound

Not specified

Internal ID

6029

Friendly ID

MD_DO_REVERSE_DNS

Property Attributes

INHERIT

User Type

IIS_MD_UT_FILE

Configurable Locations

You can configure this property at the following locations in the IIS metabase.

Metabase Path

IIS Admin Object Type

/LM/W3SVC

IIsWebService

/LM/W3SVC/n

IIsWebServer

/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/file_name

/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/virtual_directory_name/file_name

IIsWebFile

/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/physical_directory_name

/LM/W3SVC/n/virtual_directory_name/physical_directory_name

IIsWebDirectory

/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT

/LM/W3SVC/n/ROOT/virtual_directory_name

IIsWebVirtualDir

Flags

There are no flags for this property.

Requirements

Client: Requires Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000 Professional, or Windows NT Workstation 4.0.

Server: Requires Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server, or Windows NT Server 4.0.

Product: IIS

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