Re: GeoIP like RBLDNS

2009-03-17 Thread David Sparks
Michelle Konzack wrote: > > In general, I need ONLY the contry code for a given IP but I a not > disinclined to put more infos in the database. > > [michelle.konz...@michelle1:~] host 188.66.4.62.geoip.tamay-dogan.net > 188.66.4.62.geoip.tamay-dogan.net is an alias for de.geoip.tamay-doga

Re: BIND 9.6 Flaw - CNAME vs. A Record in MX Records are NOT "Illegal"

2009-01-30 Thread David Sparks
Michael Milligan wrote: > You just don't get it. You are off wandering around in the weeds. > > Read the tail end of Chapter 5 in the book "DNS and BIND" describing the > MX selection algorithm in layman's terms to (perhaps) understand why > having MX records referencing CNAMEs is bad. > > It ma

where is libbind???

2009-01-29 Thread David Sparks
configure: error: 'libbind' is no longer part of the BIND 9 distribution. It is available from http://www.isc.org as a separate download. %< I'm unable to locate libbind on www.isc.org. Can someone point at the tarball? Thanks! ___ bind-users m

Re: rfc1918 ns records coming from internet are queried?

2008-11-27 Thread David Sparks
Thanks, the suggestion below looks like it might be what I'm looking for. ds > You can in fact set up the environment I described using views. Just > have the private view forward to the internet view. The following > resolving name server will ignore referrals to private name servers > for outsi

Re: rfc1918 ns records coming from internet are queried?

2008-11-26 Thread David Sparks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> A border router knows what is "inside" and "outside" your network, while >>> a DNS server does not. Important difference. >> You're missing the point. This is not about inside and outside networks, it >> is about rfc1918 responses from internet queries. > > I'm afraid

Re: rfc1918 ns records coming from internet are queried?

2008-11-26 Thread David Sparks
> However, if you're concerned, it's pretty easy to set up a more secure > infrastructure. Put a resolver (resolving name server) at the edge of > your network (in a DMZ, presumably) that knows nothing of internal > domains (nor IP address space). It refuses to send queries to private > addresses,

Re: rfc1918 ns records coming from internet are queried?

2008-11-26 Thread David Sparks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> A good border router will do a few things for network hygiene. It will >> filter >> incoming packets that have a source address from the internal network, and it >> will filter outgoing packets that don't have a source IP in the internal >> network. >> >> A DNS server

Re: rfc1918 ns records coming from internet are queried?

2008-11-26 Thread David Sparks
>> I'm looking for a way to set a policy that named wont >> query >> rfc1918 nameserver addresses returned from a non-rfc1918 query. >> Would this be >> a bad policy? > > You could use netmasks with your server statements, like this: > > server 10.0.0.0/8 { > bogus yes; > }; > > server 1

Re: rfc1918 ns records coming from internet are queried?

2008-11-25 Thread David Sparks
Mark Andrews wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Sparks writes: >> Problem: when querying asdf.ad.rice.edu, bind sends queries into my local >> network (specifically to 10.129.92.100, which is not a ns) which I find >> undesirable. > > Mark th

rfc1918 ns records coming from internet are queried?

2008-11-25 Thread David Sparks
Problem: when querying asdf.ad.rice.edu, bind sends queries into my local network (specifically to 10.129.92.100, which is not a ns) which I find undesirable. Is there any way to disable this behavior? Is it expected that bind queries rfc1918 nameserver addresses from non-rfc1918 queries? I woul