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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