Microsoft Windows Group Policy Settings

Purpose of the Group Policy (policy name):
Update Security Level

Path in Group Policy Manager:
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Network\DNS Client

Supported on:
At least Microsoft Windows XP Professional or Windows Server 2003 family

Location in Registry:
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\DNSClient!UpdateSecurityLevel

Description of Policy:
Specifies whether the computers to which this setting is applied use secure dynamic update or standard dynamic update for registration of DNS records. To enable this setting, click Enable, and then choose one of the following values. Unsecure followed by secure - if this option is chosen, computers send secure dynamic updates only when nonsecure dynamic updates are refused. Only Unsecure - if this option is chosen, computers send only nonsecure dynamic updates. Only Secure - if this option is chosen, computers send only secure dynamic updates. If this setting is not configured, it is not applied to any computers, and computers use their local configuration.

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