2012/1/3 Lyle Giese <l...@lcrcomputer.net>: > On 01/03/12 07:53, Peter Andreev wrote: >> >> 2012/1/2 Matus UHLAR - fantomas<uh...@fantomas.sk>: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 21.12.11 19:21, Peter Andreev wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I think that if server is authoritative - and - slave-only it should >>>>>> use system resolver rather than querying by itself. >>> >>> >>> >>>> 2012/1/2 Matus UHLAR - fantomas<uh...@fantomas.sk>: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> BIND will not use system resolver. BIND is the resolver. Relying on >>>>> other >>>>> >>>>> resolver could cause troubles. If BIND does not need to resolve, it >>>>> will >>>>> not. If it needs, don't block it. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 02.01.12 16:42, Peter Andreev wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> I understood your point, however it differs from mine. >>>> >>>> Matus, I'm afraid we won't find consent on this topic. So I offer you >>>> to stop this discussion. >>>> Thank you for suggestions and happy new year! >>> >>> >>> >>> I don't see your point now. I'm afraid that you will have to live with >>> the >>> fact that you can not disable sending queries from BIND when it needs >>> them, >>> you can only prevent it by configuring BIND (so it will not need them) or >>> firewall such packets so they will not get outside (which may break its >>> functionality). >> >> >> My point: I need my servers to answer with authoritative data only. I >> need them to not perform anything else. Only "get query - send >> authoritative response". Where in this scenario BIND has to resolve >> something? >> In which scenario (except master& notifies) BIND has to resolve >> something? >> >> >>> >>> Maybe ISC will patch BIND to use system resolver for internal queries, >>> but I >>> doubt so. Maybe you can do it but imho it's not worth trying. >>> >>> Maybe you can set up forward only; and forwarders {}; so BIND will >>> forward >>> all recursive queries it generates to your recursive servers. >>> >>> But the way you are trying to get over this, I'm afrait you will fail and >>> that's what I am trying to tell you. >> >> >> I'm free to replace BIND with another authoritative DNS implementation. >> >>> > > Let me ask this question another way. How do you plan to block BIND from > making any queries outside the server? If you want me to log any queries > that I don't answer(refused in the logs), I think the default is to look up > the reverse of the querying IP address. Do you want to block that type of > traffic also? > > Do you want to block this traffic at the application level or in IPTables? > If you block this traffic via IPTables or an external firewall, lots of > things at the OS level get grumpy. > > For instance, I want to attach to the server using VNC or SSH for > maintanence. By default, they want to do do a reverse lookup of your ip > address before allowing access. Now you wait for that query to time out > before you can do your work. That's just a PITA. > > And if Bind does want to do any lookups(reverse lookups, go query the root > servers for something), now you are forcing it to timeout rather than doing > the lookup and continuing on it's way. Very inefficient use of resources > and will cause delays for legit queries. > > BIND was designed to be a multipurpose application and as such, it wants and > is happier being able to do lookups as needed. You are asking for a > specific use case and ISC is not into generating special builds for special > or specific use cases unless you contract with them to build and maintain > your special build of BIND.
You are absolutely right, BIND is a general purpose DNS server and it plays its role well. Furthermore BIND is the de facto standard (yes, I copypasted this phrase from wikipedia). And both these statements are true. Unfortunately as I learning BIND more, I understand that it is not very suitable for my requirements. > > Lyle Giese > LCR Computer Services, Inc. > > _______________________________________________ > Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to > unsubscribe from this list > > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users -- -- AP _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users