Re: Caching nameserver question - I need a spot here . . .

2003-01-28 Thread Roman Neuhauser
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2003-01-27 17:15:29 -0500:
 Hey all.  I'm finally getting around to setting up a caching dns
 server.  Pretty confusing from my angle.
 
 Here's what I have so far:
 named enaabled in /etc/rc.conf
 cd to /etc/namedb and run sh make-localhost
 
 and the following in /etc/namedb/named.conf:
 
 options {
   directory /etc/namedb;
   forward first;
   forwarders {
   151.203.0.84;
   151.202.0.84;
   };
   listen-on { 10.8.20.5; };
   version surely you must be joking
   query-source address * port 53;
 };
 
 
 zone . {
 type hint;
 file named.root;
 };
 
 zone 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA {
 type master;
 file localhost.rev;
 };

are you setting up a cache, or an authoritative server?
IOW, do you want Bind to resolve names for clients (they'll will
have it in /etc/resolv.conf and equivalents), or do you want it to
publish names?

You are doing both, but if you want to have this Bind resolving
names for clients (external cache), being authoritative for
0.0.127.in-addr.arpa doesn't IMO make sense.

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Re: Caching nameserver question - I need a spot here . . .

2003-01-28 Thread Louis LeBlanc
On 01/28/03 03:39 PM, Roman Neuhauser sat at the `puter and typed:
 # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2003-01-27 17:15:29 -0500:
  Hey all.  I'm finally getting around to setting up a caching dns
  server.  Pretty confusing from my angle.
  
  Here's what I have so far:
  named enaabled in /etc/rc.conf
  cd to /etc/namedb and run sh make-localhost
  
  and the following in /etc/namedb/named.conf:
  
  options {
  directory /etc/namedb;
  forward first;
  forwarders {
  151.203.0.84;
  151.202.0.84;
  };
  listen-on { 10.8.20.5; };
  version surely you must be joking
  query-source address * port 53;
  };
  
  
  zone . {
  type hint;
  file named.root;
  };
  
  zone 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA {
  type master;
  file localhost.rev;
  };
 
 are you setting up a cache, or an authoritative server?
 IOW, do you want Bind to resolve names for clients (they'll will
 have it in /etc/resolv.conf and equivalents), or do you want it to
 publish names?
 
 You are doing both, but if you want to have this Bind resolving
 names for clients (external cache), being authoritative for
 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa doesn't IMO make sense.
 

I want just a caching nameserver.  If I understand correctly, you are
suggesting I remove the 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA zone.  So I should only
have the hint zone, right?

Thanks for your comments, Roman.
Lou
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Re: Caching nameserver question - I need a spot here . . .

2003-01-28 Thread Roman Neuhauser
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2003-01-28 10:52:10 -0500:
 I want just a caching nameserver.  If I understand correctly, you are
 suggesting I remove the 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA zone.  So I should only
 have the hint zone, right?

exactly.

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Re: Caching nameserver question - I need a spot here . . .

2003-01-27 Thread Stacey Roberts
Hi Louis,

On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 22:15, Louis LeBlanc wrote:
 Hey all.  I'm finally getting around to setting up a caching dns
 server.  Pretty confusing from my angle.
 
 Here's what I have so far:
 named enaabled in /etc/rc.conf
 cd to /etc/namedb and run sh make-localhost
 
 and the following in /etc/namedb/named.conf:
 
 options {
   directory /etc/namedb;
   forward first;
   forwarders {
   151.203.0.84;
   151.202.0.84;
   };
   listen-on { 10.8.20.5; };
   version surely you must be joking
   query-source address * port 53;
 };
 
 
 zone . {
 type hint;
 file named.root;
 };
 
 zone 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA {
 type master;
 file localhost.rev;
 };
 
 
 10.8.20.5 is the interface to the internal network, and I'm hoping the
 listen-on statement above will restrict requests to the internal
 network - And from the local machine if I simply add that IP to
 /etc/resolv.conf.  The IPs in the forwarders block are my ISPs dns
 servers.
 
 Anyone care to point out my mistakes so I don't go making an ass of
 myself by turning on named with a broken config?

I once had a similar set up as what you've described as your intention
here. I'll not critique what you've done, but I'll point you to the
handbook, which has a complete section on DNS and mentions what needs to
be done to set up a basic caching nameserver - its here:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/dns.html

Hope this assists in some way. Lots of luck!

Regards,

Stacey

 
 Thanks in advance.
 Lou
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Re: Caching nameserver question - I need a spot here . . .

2003-01-27 Thread Louis LeBlanc
On 01/27/03 10:22 PM, Stacey Roberts sat at the `puter and typed:
 Hi Louis,
 
 On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 22:15, Louis LeBlanc wrote:
  Hey all.  I'm finally getting around to setting up a caching dns
  server.  Pretty confusing from my angle.
  
  Here's what I have so far:
  named enaabled in /etc/rc.conf
  cd to /etc/namedb and run sh make-localhost
  
  and the following in /etc/namedb/named.conf:
  
  options {
  directory /etc/namedb;
  forward first;
  forwarders {
  151.203.0.84;
  151.202.0.84;
  };
  listen-on { 10.8.20.5; };
  version surely you must be joking
  query-source address * port 53;
  };
  
  
  zone . {
  type hint;
  file named.root;
  };
  
  zone 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA {
  type master;
  file localhost.rev;
  };
  
  
  10.8.20.5 is the interface to the internal network, and I'm hoping the
  listen-on statement above will restrict requests to the internal
  network - And from the local machine if I simply add that IP to
  /etc/resolv.conf.  The IPs in the forwarders block are my ISPs dns
  servers.
  
  Anyone care to point out my mistakes so I don't go making an ass of
  myself by turning on named with a broken config?
 
 I once had a similar set up as what you've described as your intention
 here. I'll not critique what you've done, but I'll point you to the
 handbook, which has a complete section on DNS and mentions what needs to
 be done to set up a basic caching nameserver - its here:
 http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/dns.html
 
 Hope this assists in some way. Lots of luck!

I probably should have mentioned this, but that page is exactly how I
got this far in the first place.  Section 10.9.7 (Caching Name Server)
says only this:

  A caching name server is a name server that is not authoritative for
  any zones. It simply asks queries of its own, and remembers them for
  later use. To set one up, just configure the name server as usual,
  omitting any inclusions of zones.

So I guess my main question is do the following default zones violate
that statement, or are they exceptions?

zone . {
type hint;
file named.root;
};

zone 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA {
type master;
file localhost.rev;
};


And, what about the Options section?  Am I understanding the use of
the forwarders, forward first, and listen-on directives correctly?

I have put some effort into this, and the configuration above is the
result of that effort, so I'm not asking anyone to do it for me.
However, I know there have been more than a few people who have
started out intending only to set up a basic internal service of some
kind, only to have their mistakes cause trouble externally.  I've been
there myself, and I'm just trying this once to avoid that one step
commonly referred to as 'making an ass of yourself.'  Particularly
since screwing with the ISPs dns service availability isn't exactly
smiled upon.

Thanks
Lou
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Re: Caching nameserver question - I need a spot here . . .

2003-01-27 Thread Greg Lane
On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 05:15:29PM -0500, Louis LeBlanc 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hey all.  I'm finally getting around to setting up a caching dns
 server.  Pretty confusing from my angle.
 
 Here's what I have so far:
 named enaabled in /etc/rc.conf
 cd to /etc/namedb and run sh make-localhost
 
 and the following in /etc/namedb/named.conf:
 
 options {
   directory /etc/namedb;
   forward first;
   forwarders {
   151.203.0.84;
   151.202.0.84;
   };
   listen-on { 10.8.20.5; };
   version surely you must be joking
   query-source address * port 53;
 };
 
 
 zone . {
 type hint;
 file named.root;
 };
 
 zone 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA {
 type master;
 file localhost.rev;
 };
 

G'day Louis,

The only differences I can see between this and my working 
configuration at home is

1/. I have forward only rather than forward first. 
So far my DNS providers haven't failed me!

2/. I run named as a non-privileged user. I haven't configured 
a complete sandbox (see 
http://www.au.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/dns.html#NAMED-SANDBOX 
for that), 
but just did the following:

  mkdir /etc/namedb/s
  chown bind:bind /etc/namedb/s
  chmod 750 /etc/namedb/s

   Add the following to the options in named.conf

  dump-file s/named_dump.db;

   and named_flags=-u bind -g bind to /etc/rc.conf.

3/. I don't have the version and query-source lines. I 
don't believe they'll break anything for you.

4/. I have set up an authorative lane.family 
domain for my home network

5/. You may want to add 127.0.0.1 to your listen-on option.

I can't see anything in your setup as is that will wreak havoc on the 
internet, but I am not an expert. I would at least run it as bind:bind
rather than root as it is trivial to set up. A complete sandbox is better, 
and of course a jail would be even better, but they are both more work.

Greg

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