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90f35c2f2a1c660f3b96eec413036d238df395f6Francis Dupont<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title">
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aaaf8d4f4873d21e55c3ffb4f656203d08339865Mark Andrews<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#notify">Notify</a></span></dt>
aaaf8d4f4873d21e55c3ffb4f656203d08339865Mark Andrews<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#dynamic_update">Dynamic Update</a></span></dt>
731cc132f22dbc9e0ecd7035dce314a61076d31bAutomatic Updater<dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#journal">The journal file</a></span></dt></dl></dd>
90f35c2f2a1c660f3b96eec413036d238df395f6Francis Dupont<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#incremental_zone_transfers">Incremental Zone Transfers (IXFR)</a></span></dt>
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#id2570510">Split DNS</a></span></dt>
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User<dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#id2570529">Example split DNS setup</a></span></dt></dl></dd>
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#tsig">TSIG</a></span></dt>
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#id2571030">Generate Shared Keys for Each Pair of Hosts</a></span></dt>
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#id2571104">Copying the Shared Secret to Both Machines</a></span></dt>
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#id2571114">Informing the Servers of the Key's Existence</a></span></dt>
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#id2563989">Instructing the Server to Use the Key</a></span></dt>
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#id2564115">TSIG Key Based Access Control</a></span></dt>
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#id2564163">Errors</a></span></dt>
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#id2571549">TKEY</a></span></dt>
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#id2571598">SIG(0)</a></span></dt>
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#DNSSEC">DNSSEC</a></span></dt>
2a6d4c9948b3f4f31311bd799d114585a30419a9Automatic Updater<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#id2571803">Generating Keys</a></span></dt>
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#id2571950">Signing the Zone</a></span></dt>
2a6d4c9948b3f4f31311bd799d114585a30419a9Automatic Updater<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#id2572032">Configuring Servers</a></span></dt>
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#id2572201">IPv6 Support in <acronym class="acronym">BIND</acronym> 9</a></span></dt>
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#id2572400">Address Lookups Using AAAA Records</a></span></dt>
8ec3c085233cedb22b05da36e2773c8f357a7e45Automatic Updater<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#id2572421">Address to Name Lookups Using Nibble Format</a></span></dt>
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User<a name="notify"></a>Notify</h2></div></div></div>
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User <acronym class="acronym">DNS</acronym> NOTIFY is a mechanism that allows master
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User servers to notify their slave servers of changes to a zone's data. In
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User response to a <span><strong class="command">NOTIFY</strong></span> from a master server, the
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User slave will check to see that its version of the zone is the
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User current version and, if not, initiate a zone transfer.
bbbf2e27d3a981163dab139497d6b2dc85449db0Tinderbox User For more information about <acronym class="acronym">DNS</acronym>
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User <span><strong class="command">NOTIFY</strong></span>, see the description of the
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User <span><strong class="command">notify</strong></span> option in <a href="Bv9ARM.ch06.html#boolean_options" title="Boolean Options">the section called “Boolean Options”</a> and
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User the description of the zone option <span><strong class="command">also-notify</strong></span> in
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User <a href="Bv9ARM.ch06.html#zone_transfers" title="Zone Transfers">the section called “Zone Transfers”</a>. The <span><strong class="command">NOTIFY</strong></span>
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User protocol is specified in RFC 1996.
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User<div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User As a slave zone can also be a master to other slaves, <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span>,
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User by default, sends <span><strong class="command">NOTIFY</strong></span> messages for every zone
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User it loads. Specifying <span><strong class="command">notify master-only;</strong></span> will
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User cause <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> to only send <span><strong class="command">NOTIFY</strong></span> for master
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User zones that it loads.
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User<a name="dynamic_update"></a>Dynamic Update</h2></div></div></div>
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User Dynamic Update is a method for adding, replacing or deleting
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User records in a master server by sending it a special form of DNS
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User messages. The format and meaning of these messages is specified
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User Dynamic update is enabled by including an
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User <span><strong class="command">allow-update</strong></span>, <span><strong class="command">update-policy</strong></span>
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User clause in the <span><strong class="command">zone</strong></span> statement, or by setting the
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User <span><strong class="command">ddns-autconf</strong></span> option to <strong class="userinput"><code>yes</code></strong>.
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User If the zone's <span><strong class="command">ddns-autoconf</strong></span> option is set to
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User <strong class="userinput"><code>yes</code></strong>, then updates to the zone
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User will be permitted for the key <code class="filename">ddns.key</code>,
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User which will be generated by <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> at startup.
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User The <span><strong class="command">tkey-gssapi-credential</strong></span> and
c7d32c0b0ff4c01f0d4479af3410d3c06044d48aAutomatic Updater <span><strong class="command">tkey-domain</strong></span> clauses in the
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User <span><strong class="command">options</strong></span> statement enable the
c7d32c0b0ff4c01f0d4479af3410d3c06044d48aAutomatic Updater server to negotiate keys that can be matched against those
2eeb74d1cf5355dd98f6d507a10086e16bb08c4bTinderbox User in <span><strong class="command">update-policy</strong></span> or
c7d32c0b0ff4c01f0d4479af3410d3c06044d48aAutomatic Updater <span><strong class="command">allow-update</strong></span>.
c7d32c0b0ff4c01f0d4479af3410d3c06044d48aAutomatic Updater Updating of secure zones (zones using DNSSEC) follows RFC
c7d32c0b0ff4c01f0d4479af3410d3c06044d48aAutomatic Updater 3007: RRSIG, NSEC and NSEC3 records affected by updates are
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User automatically regenerated by the server using an online
90f35c2f2a1c660f3b96eec413036d238df395f6Francis Dupont zone key. Update authorization is based on transaction
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User signatures and an explicit server policy.
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
90f35c2f2a1c660f3b96eec413036d238df395f6Francis Dupont<a name="journal"></a>The journal file</h3></div></div></div>
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User All changes made to a zone using dynamic update are stored
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User in the zone's journal file. This file is automatically created
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User by the server when the first dynamic update takes place.
f8e3e03cacd16ffb923a9603fca23a9e1a1fee07Automatic Updater The name of the journal file is formed by appending the extension
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User <code class="filename">.jnl</code> to the name of the
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User corresponding zone
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User file unless specifically overridden. The journal file is in a
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User binary format and should not be edited manually.
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User The server will also occasionally write ("dump")
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User the complete contents of the updated zone to its zone file.
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User This is not done immediately after
0a7ed88633a680bb881868b75ded4d09a7bbbc50Automatic Updater each dynamic update, because that would be too slow when a large
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User zone is updated frequently. Instead, the dump is delayed by
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User up to 15 minutes, allowing additional updates to take place.
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User When a server is restarted after a shutdown or crash, it will replay
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User the journal file to incorporate into the zone any updates that
a3f8c8e20780e488141d200acdfea6c5f3303513Automatic Updater place after the last zone dump.
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User Changes that result from incoming incremental zone transfers are
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User journalled in a similar way.
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User The zone files of dynamic zones cannot normally be edited by
90f35c2f2a1c660f3b96eec413036d238df395f6Francis Dupont hand because they are not guaranteed to contain the most recent
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User dynamic changes — those are only in the journal file.
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User The only way to ensure that the zone file of a dynamic zone
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User is up to date is to run <span><strong class="command">rndc stop</strong></span>.
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User If you have to make changes to a dynamic zone
794b79e6bbc3f5db1ea6ae154d739b9f1ef1a375Tinderbox User manually, the following procedure will work: Disable dynamic updates
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User to the zone using
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User <span><strong class="command">rndc freeze <em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em></strong></span>.
794b79e6bbc3f5db1ea6ae154d739b9f1ef1a375Tinderbox User This will also remove the zone's <code class="filename">.jnl</code> file
794b79e6bbc3f5db1ea6ae154d739b9f1ef1a375Tinderbox User and update the master file. Edit the zone file. Run
794b79e6bbc3f5db1ea6ae154d739b9f1ef1a375Tinderbox User <span><strong class="command">rndc thaw <em class="replaceable"><code>zone</code></em></strong></span>
794b79e6bbc3f5db1ea6ae154d739b9f1ef1a375Tinderbox User to reload the changed zone and re-enable dynamic updates.
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User<a name="incremental_zone_transfers"></a>Incremental Zone Transfers (IXFR)</h2></div></div></div>
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User The incremental zone transfer (IXFR) protocol is a way for
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User slave servers to transfer only changed data, instead of having to
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User transfer the entire zone. The IXFR protocol is specified in RFC
90f35c2f2a1c660f3b96eec413036d238df395f6Francis Dupont 1995. See <a href="Bv9ARM.ch09.html#proposed_standards">Proposed Standards</a>.
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User When acting as a master, <acronym class="acronym">BIND</acronym> 9
6f1205897504b8f50b1785975482c995888dd630Tinderbox User supports IXFR for those zones
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User where the necessary change history information is available. These
6f1205897504b8f50b1785975482c995888dd630Tinderbox User include master zones maintained by dynamic update and slave zones
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User whose data was obtained by IXFR. For manually maintained master
a3416b0a1b5482b6df32839445ca98c016945570Automatic Updater zones, and for slave zones obtained by performing a full zone
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User transfer (AXFR), IXFR is supported only if the option
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User <span><strong class="command">ixfr-from-differences</strong></span> is set
a3416b0a1b5482b6df32839445ca98c016945570Automatic Updater to <strong class="userinput"><code>yes</code></strong>.
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User When acting as a slave, <acronym class="acronym">BIND</acronym> 9 will
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User attempt to use IXFR unless
90f35c2f2a1c660f3b96eec413036d238df395f6Francis Dupont it is explicitly disabled. For more information about disabling
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User IXFR, see the description of the <span><strong class="command">request-ixfr</strong></span> clause
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User of the <span><strong class="command">server</strong></span> statement.
c7d32c0b0ff4c01f0d4479af3410d3c06044d48aAutomatic Updater<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
c7d32c0b0ff4c01f0d4479af3410d3c06044d48aAutomatic Updater<a name="id2570510"></a>Split DNS</h2></div></div></div>
c7d32c0b0ff4c01f0d4479af3410d3c06044d48aAutomatic Updater Setting up different views, or visibility, of the DNS space to
c7d32c0b0ff4c01f0d4479af3410d3c06044d48aAutomatic Updater internal and external resolvers is usually referred to as a
c7d32c0b0ff4c01f0d4479af3410d3c06044d48aAutomatic Updater <span class="emphasis"><em>Split DNS</em></span> setup. There are several
bbbf2e27d3a981163dab139497d6b2dc85449db0Tinderbox User reasons an organization would want to set up its DNS this way.
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User One common reason for setting up a DNS system this way is
c7d32c0b0ff4c01f0d4479af3410d3c06044d48aAutomatic Updater to hide "internal" DNS information from "external" clients on the
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User Internet. There is some debate as to whether or not this is actually
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User Internal DNS information leaks out in many ways (via email headers,
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User for example) and most savvy "attackers" can find the information
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User they need using other means.
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User However, since listing addresses of internal servers that
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User external clients cannot possibly reach can result in
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User connection delays and other annoyances, an organization may
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User choose to use a Split DNS to present a consistent view of itself
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User to the outside world.
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User Another common reason for setting up a Split DNS system is
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User to allow internal networks that are behind filters or in RFC 1918
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User space (reserved IP space, as documented in RFC 1918) to resolve DNS
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User on the Internet. Split DNS can also be used to allow mail from outside
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User back in to the internal network.
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User<a name="id2570529"></a>Example split DNS setup</h3></div></div></div>
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User Let's say a company named <span class="emphasis"><em>Example, Inc.</em></span>
79cf9524b15ca65f55fd6913e6cf01b5581c588aAutomatic Updater has several corporate sites that have an internal network with
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User Internet Protocol (IP) space and an external demilitarized zone (DMZ),
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User or "outside" section of a network, that is available to the public.
c7d32c0b0ff4c01f0d4479af3410d3c06044d48aAutomatic Updater <span class="emphasis"><em>Example, Inc.</em></span> wants its internal clients
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User to be able to resolve external hostnames and to exchange mail with
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User people on the outside. The company also wants its internal resolvers
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User to have access to certain internal-only zones that are not available
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User at all outside of the internal network.
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User In order to accomplish this, the company will set up two sets
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User of name servers. One set will be on the inside network (in the
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User IP space) and the other set will be on bastion hosts, which are
794b79e6bbc3f5db1ea6ae154d739b9f1ef1a375Tinderbox User hosts that can talk to both sides of its network, in the DMZ.
794b79e6bbc3f5db1ea6ae154d739b9f1ef1a375Tinderbox User The internal servers will be configured to forward all queries,
794b79e6bbc3f5db1ea6ae154d739b9f1ef1a375Tinderbox User except queries for <code class="filename">site1.internal</code>, <code class="filename">site2.internal</code>, <code class="filename">site1.example.com</code>,
794b79e6bbc3f5db1ea6ae154d739b9f1ef1a375Tinderbox User and <code class="filename">site2.example.com</code>, to the servers
794b79e6bbc3f5db1ea6ae154d739b9f1ef1a375Tinderbox User DMZ. These internal servers will have complete sets of information
794b79e6bbc3f5db1ea6ae154d739b9f1ef1a375Tinderbox User for <code class="filename">site1.example.com</code>, <code class="filename">site2.example.com</code>, <code class="filename">site1.internal</code>,
794b79e6bbc3f5db1ea6ae154d739b9f1ef1a375Tinderbox User and <code class="filename">site2.internal</code>.
9d557856c2a19ec95ee73245f60a92f8675cf5baTinderbox User To protect the <code class="filename">site1.internal</code> and <code class="filename">site2.internal</code> domains,
794b79e6bbc3f5db1ea6ae154d739b9f1ef1a375Tinderbox User the internal name servers must be configured to disallow all queries
794b79e6bbc3f5db1ea6ae154d739b9f1ef1a375Tinderbox User to these domains from any external hosts, including the bastion
794b79e6bbc3f5db1ea6ae154d739b9f1ef1a375Tinderbox User The external servers, which are on the bastion hosts, will
794b79e6bbc3f5db1ea6ae154d739b9f1ef1a375Tinderbox User be configured to serve the "public" version of the <code class="filename">site1</code> and <code class="filename">site2.example.com</code> zones.
794b79e6bbc3f5db1ea6ae154d739b9f1ef1a375Tinderbox User This could include things such as the host records for public servers
794b79e6bbc3f5db1ea6ae154d739b9f1ef1a375Tinderbox User (<code class="filename">www.example.com</code> and <code class="filename">ftp.example.com</code>),
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User and mail exchange (MX) records (<code class="filename">a.mx.example.com</code> and <code class="filename">b.mx.example.com</code>).
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User In addition, the public <code class="filename">site1</code> and <code class="filename">site2.example.com</code> zones
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User should have special MX records that contain wildcard (`*') records
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User pointing to the bastion hosts. This is needed because external mail
2eeb74d1cf5355dd98f6d507a10086e16bb08c4bTinderbox User servers do not have any other way of looking up how to deliver mail
90f35c2f2a1c660f3b96eec413036d238df395f6Francis Dupont to those internal hosts. With the wildcard records, the mail will
90f35c2f2a1c660f3b96eec413036d238df395f6Francis Dupont be delivered to the bastion host, which can then forward it on to
90f35c2f2a1c660f3b96eec413036d238df395f6Francis Dupont internal hosts.
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User Here's an example of a wildcard MX record:
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User<pre class="programlisting">* IN MX 10 external1.example.com.</pre>
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User Now that they accept mail on behalf of anything in the internal
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User network, the bastion hosts will need to know how to deliver mail
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User to internal hosts. In order for this to work properly, the resolvers
e62b9c9ce6413fb183c8116381e75dcd07ca5517Tinderbox User the bastion hosts will need to be configured to point to the internal
90f35c2f2a1c660f3b96eec413036d238df395f6Francis Dupont name servers for DNS resolution.
90f35c2f2a1c660f3b96eec413036d238df395f6Francis Dupont Queries for internal hostnames will be answered by the internal
90f35c2f2a1c660f3b96eec413036d238df395f6Francis Dupont servers, and queries for external hostnames will be forwarded back
90f35c2f2a1c660f3b96eec413036d238df395f6Francis Dupont out to the DNS servers on the bastion hosts.
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User In order for all this to work properly, internal clients will
90f35c2f2a1c660f3b96eec413036d238df395f6Francis Dupont need to be configured to query <span class="emphasis"><em>only</em></span> the internal
90f35c2f2a1c660f3b96eec413036d238df395f6Francis Dupont name servers for DNS queries. This could also be enforced via
90f35c2f2a1c660f3b96eec413036d238df395f6Francis Dupont filtering on the network.
c7d32c0b0ff4c01f0d4479af3410d3c06044d48aAutomatic Updater If everything has been set properly, <span class="emphasis"><em>Example, Inc.</em></span>'s
c7d32c0b0ff4c01f0d4479af3410d3c06044d48aAutomatic Updater internal clients will now be able to:
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User Look up any hostnames in the <code class="literal">site1</code>
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User <code class="literal">site2.example.com</code> zones.
90f35c2f2a1c660f3b96eec413036d238df395f6Francis Dupont Look up any hostnames in the <code class="literal">site1.internal</code> and
bbbf2e27d3a981163dab139497d6b2dc85449db0Tinderbox User <code class="literal">site2.internal</code> domains.
90f35c2f2a1c660f3b96eec413036d238df395f6Francis Dupont<li>Look up any hostnames on the Internet.</li>
fd2597f75693a2279fdf588bd40dfe2407c42028Tinderbox User<li>Exchange mail with both internal and external people.</li>
for information on how to configure your zone files, see <a href="Bv9ARM.ch03.html#sample_configuration" title="Sample Configurations">the section called “Sample Configurations”</a>.
zone "site1.example.com" {
zone "site2.example.com" {
zone "site1.internal" {
zone "site2.internal" {
zone "site1.example.com" {
zone "site2.example.com" {
A shared secret is generated to be shared between <span class="emphasis"><em>host1</em></span> and <span class="emphasis"><em>host2</em></span>.
<strong class="userinput"><code>dnssec-keygen -a hmac-md5 -b 128 -n HOST host1-host2.</code></strong>
Imagine <span class="emphasis"><em>host1</em></span> and <span class="emphasis"><em>host 2</em></span>
both servers. The following is added to each server's <code class="filename">named.conf</code> file:
The algorithm, <code class="literal">hmac-md5</code>, is the only one supported by <acronym class="acronym">BIND</acronym>.
be told when keys are to be used. The following is added to the <code class="filename">named.conf</code> file
for <span class="emphasis"><em>host1</em></span>, if the IP address of <span class="emphasis"><em>host2</em></span> is
to that address, the message will be signed with the specified key. <span class="emphasis"><em>host1</em></span> will
configuration file (with <span class="emphasis"><em>host1</em></span>'s address) for <span class="emphasis"><em>host2</em></span> to
<a href="Bv9ARM.ch06.html#dynamic_update_policies" title="Dynamic Update Policies">the section called “Dynamic Update Policies”</a>.
that the tools shipped with BIND 9.2.x and earlier are not compatible
<strong class="userinput"><code>dnssec-keygen -a RSASHA1 -b 768 -n ZONE child.example.</code></strong>
controls. These are here to ensure that <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span> is immune
example.com. 257 3 5 "AwEAAaxPMcR2x0HbQV4WeZB6oEDX+r0QM6
<a name="id2572201"></a>IPv6 Support in <acronym class="acronym">BIND</acronym> 9</h2></div></div></div>
see <a href="Bv9ARM.ch09.html#ipv6addresses" title="IPv6 addresses (AAAA)">the section called “IPv6 addresses (AAAA)”</a>.
$ORIGIN example.com.