<div class="content" name="DFSNamespaceRootBLOBorDFSNamespaceLinkBLOB" uuid="9f18db22-cfcc-429f-88eb-364a5ae7482c"><p>At most, only one DFSNamespaceRootBLOB can contain
information about the <a href="a9bc4403-a862-48b9-b99b-1b44a887d177#gt_6a3f0be9-b9b4-49df-9d1c-a3b89e4e9890" data-linktype="relative-path">DFS
namespace</a> root. One DFSNamespaceLinkBLOB exists for each <a href="a9bc4403-a862-48b9-b99b-1b44a887d177#gt_0611e93d-f0e7-42ee-a591-d77ebcbb6619" data-linktype="relative-path">DFS link</a> in the namespace.</p><p>Each DFSNamespaceRootBLOB or DFSNamespaceLinkBLOB MUST have
the following:</p><ul><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>One <a href="a9bc4403-a862-48b9-b99b-1b44a887d177#gt_ad861812-8cb0-497a-80bb-13c95aa4e425" data-linktype="relative-path">BLOB</a>
containing the name and other information about the DFS namespace root or DFS
link. This is the <a href="4ccdd530-9696-4572-968f-27d689b33999" data-linktype="relative-path">DFSRootOrLinkIDBLOB</a>,
as specified in section 2.3.3.1.1.2.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>One BLOB containing the <a href="a9bc4403-a862-48b9-b99b-1b44a887d177#gt_a2c6d1c9-deea-427c-91ee-56f6e726eabd" data-linktype="relative-path">DFS targets</a> of the <a href="a9bc4403-a862-48b9-b99b-1b44a887d177#gt_639b7503-b879-4ef7-98a8-14adf85bc16d" data-linktype="relative-path">DFS root</a> or DFS link. This
is the <a href="0e4aa671-ba82-4645-a259-94fe7b04086b" data-linktype="relative-path">DFSTargetListBLOB</a>,
as specified in section 2.3.3.1.1.3.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>One reserved BLOB.</p>
</li></ul><table>
 <tbody><tr>
  <th><p><br/>0</p></th>
  <th><p><br/>1</p></th>
  <th><p><br/>2</p></th>
  <th><p><br/>3</p></th>
  <th><p><br/>4</p></th>
  <th><p><br/>5</p></th>
  <th><p><br/>6</p></th>
  <th><p><br/>7</p></th>
  <th><p><br/>8</p></th>
  <th><p><br/>9</p></th>
  <th><p>1<br/>0</p></th>
  <th><p><br/>1</p></th>
  <th><p><br/>2</p></th>
  <th><p><br/>3</p></th>
  <th><p><br/>4</p></th>
  <th><p><br/>5</p></th>
  <th><p><br/>6</p></th>
  <th><p><br/>7</p></th>
  <th><p><br/>8</p></th>
  <th><p><br/>9</p></th>
  <th><p>2<br/>0</p></th>
  <th><p><br/>1</p></th>
  <th><p><br/>2</p></th>
  <th><p><br/>3</p></th>
  <th><p><br/>4</p></th>
  <th><p><br/>5</p></th>
  <th><p><br/>6</p></th>
  <th><p><br/>7</p></th>
  <th><p><br/>8</p></th>
  <th><p><br/>9</p></th>
  <th><p>3<br/>0</p></th>
  <th><p><br/>1</p></th>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td colspan="32">DFSRootOrLinkIDBLOB (variable)</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td colspan="32">...</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td colspan="32">DFSTargetListBLOBSize</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td colspan="32">DFSTargetListBLOB (variable)</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td colspan="32">...</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td colspan="32">ReservedBLOBSize</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td colspan="32">ReservedBLOB</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td colspan="32">ReferralTTL</td>
 </tr>
</tbody></table><p><b>DFSRootOrLinkIDBLOB (variable): </b>A BLOB that
contains identification and status information for this DFS root or DFS link.</p><p><b>DFSTargetListBLOBSize (4 bytes): </b>The size, in
bytes, of the BLOB in the <b>DFSTargetListBLOB</b> field that immediately
follows this field. The DFSTargetListBLOBSize is stored as an unsigned, 32-bit,
<a href="a9bc4403-a862-48b9-b99b-1b44a887d177#gt_079478cb-f4c5-4ce5-b72b-2144da5d2ce7" data-linktype="relative-path">little-endian</a> integer.</p><p><b>DFSTargetListBLOB (variable): </b>A BLOB that
contains the list of targets for the DFS root or DFS link.</p><p><b>ReservedBLOBSize (4 bytes): </b>The size, in
bytes, of the BLOB in the <b>ReservedBLOB</b> field that immediately follows
this field. The <b>ReservedBLOBSize</b> is stored as an unsigned, 32-bit,
little-endian integer and MUST be 4.</p><p><b>ReservedBLOB (4 bytes): </b> When creating a new
DFSNamespaceRootBLOB or DFSNamespaceLinkBLOB, this <b>ReservedBLOB</b> MUST be
zero-filled. When updating an existing DFSNamespaceRootBLOB or DFSNamespaceLinkBLOB,
the contents of this <b>ReservedBLOB</b> MUST be preserved.</p><p><b>ReferralTTL (4 bytes): </b>The referral time-out
value, in seconds, for the DFS root or DFS link. The <b>ReferralTTL</b> is
stored as an unsigned, 32-bit, little-endian integer.</p></div>