Information
This policy setting determines whether to require domain users to elevate when setting a network's location.
The recommended state for this setting is: 'Enabled'.
Rationale:
Allowing regular users to set a network location increases the risk and attack surface.
Solution
To establish the recommended configuration via GP, set the following UI path to 'Enabled':
Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Network\DNS Client\Turn off multicast name resolution
Note: This Group Policy path may not exist by default.
It is provided by the Group Policy template 'DnsClient.admx/adml' that is included with the Microsoft Windows 8.0 & Server 2012 (non-R2) Administrative Templates (or newer).
Impact:
In the event DNS is unavailable a system will be unable to request it from other systems on the same subnet.