158-Update Security Level

Computer/User Node :

   MACHINE

Policy Path :

   Administrative Templates\Network\DNS Client

Supported on :

   At least Microsoft Windows XP Professional or Windows Server 2003 family

Help/Explain Text :

   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.

Registry Settings :

  HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\DNSClient!UpdateSecurityLevel