Re: start script for bind9

2011-04-15 Thread Bill Larson
On Apr 15, 2011, at 9:29 AM, hugo hugoo wrote: I do not use the version provided bu Debian because I am migrating from bind8 to Bind9 and I wan to have both versions available on the same server. So, I want to have Bind9 totally separated from Bind8. I use Debian, version 5 and the last ESV

Re: AW: ipv6 PTR in zone file

2011-04-13 Thread Bill Larson
gning MX records be the "correct" result also? There are too many possibilities to allow solving everyone's needs. This is something that needs to be done by the DNS administrator who understands the needs of the zone. (At least in my very humble opinion). Bill Larson __

Re: LDAP support

2011-02-15 Thread Bill Larson
On Feb 15, 2011, at 2:01 PM, Munroe Sollog wrote: I am investigating using the dlz-ldap driver to store my zone file in ldap. Before doing so, it seems that the official driver page had less than stellar things to say about the ldap driver. Is anyone using LDAP as a backend? Are you happy

Re: multi-master with mysql backend

2011-02-14 Thread Bill Larson
bout it. If you do implement your MySQL solution, please, please, please, keep us informed about how it works for you. We would like to know more and are always willing to look at new technologies but aren't too accepting of hand waving. Bill Larson Riccardo On 2/12/11 11:33 PM,

Re: compile error bind-9.7.2-P3 osx 10.5.8 ppc

2011-02-09 Thread Bill Larson
ilding BIND was "./configure -- with-openssl=/usr/local/ssl". Note that I explicitly specified the path for OpenSSL to avoid using the Apple supplied version of OpenSSL. Bill Larson ___ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users

Re: DDNS fails. record allready exists

2010-12-21 Thread Bill Larson
ne else? Questions 2 and 4 are simply reiterations of questions that others have already posed to you. The others are mine. We would like to help and your assistance is critical. Bill Larson ___ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users

Re: Help with the subzone problem

2010-11-25 Thread Bill Larson
\ On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 2:50 AM, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > On 25.11.10 10:10, Tech W. wrote: > > We have a zone in Bind, for example, abc.com > > We designate a subzone of it to another dns server, for eaxmple, F5's > 3DNS. > > > > The corresponding RR in Bind is: > > > > games.abc.com. I

Re: Blacklisting private address range

2010-02-26 Thread Bill Larson
ic based upon the source IP address at your router rather than trying to control this at the application level. But, if you don't have the ability to do this at the router, then as a simple option it can be done at the application level. Bill Larson ___ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users

Re: Blacklisting private address range

2010-02-24 Thread Bill Larson
. For a good example of this (and many other things), see the Secure BIND Template at http://www.cymru.com/Documents/secure-bind-template.html . Bill Larson ___ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: Disable Refused answer

2009-12-03 Thread Bill Larson
't get there from here". Then again, I've never been sure what the original requester was asking for. If he didn't want to give an answer out to someone on a particular network, then the "blackhole" option would seem to be a perfect solution in the first place. Thanks for your help on this list, Bill Larson ___ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users

Re: How to find out DNS Server version ?

2009-11-13 Thread Bill Larson
rmation in a format that would appear to be legitimate. Why "trust" these version.bind queries in the first place? Use the simple solution of asking the administrators. A simple question deserves a simple solution. Bill Larson ___ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users

Re: One A record fails on one server on Sunday evening

2009-11-02 Thread Bill Larson
;impossible" and can be eliminated. This leaves the other two possibilities, no matter how improbable. This does NOT make both, or either, of these possibilities "the truth". > On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Bill Larson wrote: > > > Josh Luthman said: > > >

Re: One A record fails on one server on Sunday evening

2009-11-02 Thread Bill Larson
hat would help. Well, when you are querying this "firstserver" (whatever that is - giving us a fully qualified domain name would be helpful), it times out. The DNS server on this "firstserver" isn't answering the query. "Not sure what else I can provide that would

Re: update-policy restricting to a subnet

2009-10-05 Thread Bill Larson
e 192.168.2.0 network still wouldn't be able to update because they did not get their address from the DHCP server on the 192.168.1.0 network. Bill Larson Nicholas F Miller said: > I take it this is not possible using update-policy? > _

Re: named and chroot

2009-09-18 Thread Bill Larson
/usr/lib. Or, start named with the "-t" option and specify the path to your chroot environment and you won't have this problem either. "named" can create it's own chroot environment without you having to build it yourself. Bill Larson ___ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users

Re: Invalid lan. and local. TLDs

2009-08-28 Thread Bill Larson
other root servers. Anyone know if there are other stats > available? This information is nice but not critical to the operation of a DNS server. There are also papers available discussing improperly configured DNS servers and improper DNS queries and their impact on the root servers. A

RE: hardware requirements per hits

2009-08-17 Thread Bill Larson
ings are bad?" (I suspect that this cam from "System Performance Tuning" by Mike Loukides, O'Reilly & Assc. My copy is quite old but still useful.) Know how your system is performing BEFORE there is a problem. Bill Larson ___ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users

Re: cache poisoning

2009-08-10 Thread Bill Larson
On Aug 10, 2009, at 10:06 PM, Nelson Serafica wrote: Thanks Mark! it works. I change my query source to one of the entry below and it works. Maybe a strange question. Why did you have a query source statement in your configuration in the first place? Bill Larson Mark Andrews wrote

Re: can bind filter the result

2009-04-19 Thread Bill Larson
and managing a firewall. This firewall router will simply not forward any traffic to the hosts that you have "blacklisted". A much simpler solution to manage. There are many pre-packaged systems that provide this type of capability. Bill Larson ___ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users

Re: Necessity of DNSSEC Lookaside Validation(DLV)

2009-04-07 Thread Bill Larson
On Apr 7, 2009, at 9:43 AM, Chandan Laskar wrote: Hi, We have deployed DNS on RHEL 5 Update 1. Below are feature of our DNS. 1. Implemented OS Security Best Practice ( e.g. Enable MD5 and shadow passwords, Root Login Console Restricted, Configure SSH as an alternative of Telnet e.t.c.).

Re: openssl alert when 9.8i installed?

2009-01-03 Thread Bill Larson
Exactly what operating system are you running under? I have seen these types of problems with MacOS X and have described on the BIND-USERS list as to how to get around this issue. If you are running MacOS X, then I have an answer, but without knowing what you are running ... Bill Larson

Re: 50 million records under one domain using Bind

2008-12-30 Thread Bill Larson
ve, what I am questioning is having 50 million DNS resource records on any DNS system. Is DNS an appropriate "database" for storing 50 million records? Bill Larson -david Andrew Ferk wrote: What are the backend database options available? Is bind-sdb active developed and is it pr

Re: logging query results

2008-12-02 Thread Bill Larson
tion of the basic system, simply increase complexity with the inherent decrease in security that makes this type of addition a drawback. Please, keep BIND as simple as possible (but not simpler). Leave additional capabilities to separate tools such as "dnscap". My two cents,

Re: Secondary and TLD not updating

2008-11-16 Thread Bill Larson
, so it appears that the question is what is happening on your secondary. Bill Larson On Nov 16, 2008, at 2:44 PM, Jeff Justice wrote: Well, first part solved. I forgot to change the IP address of our nameserver at the registrar. Secondary is still not updating though. Jeff J. On Nov 16