The short answer is that that is how address-match-lists work: a non-negated match allows access, a negated match denies access, and if there is *no* match, access is denied. The only real reason to use a negated match, therefore, is when what you're negating is a subset of something later in the address-match-list.
You do realize, I hope, that you could just change the order of the views and then you wouldn't need any form of negation (earlier one matches 127.0.0.1, later one matches "any"). - Kevin -----Original Message----- From: bind-users-boun...@lists.isc.org [mailto:bind-users-boun...@lists.isc.org] On Behalf Of MURTARI, JOHN Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2015 4:19 PM To: bind-users@lists.isc.org Subject: Negation in view match-clients ACL doesn't work? Folks, This has been a real mystery and haven't been able to find a good explanation for the behavior. For a simple example I have two views setup and I want to differentiate access based on queries originating from 127.0.0.1. In my FIRST ATTEMPT I just negated the IP address, but that didn't work. The first view never matched. In the SECOND ATTEMPT I simply added "any" AFTER the negation and that worked? I read the ARM, can someone explain? Many Thanks!!!!! FIRST ATTEMPT: Fails - no clients can see external_zones. view "default-test" { match-clients { ! 127.0.0.1; }; // thought this would match anyone but 127.0.0.1 zone "." { type hint; file "db.cache"; }; zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" { type master; file "db.127.0.0.0"; }; include "external_zones.txt"; }; view "default" { match-clients { any; }; zone "." { type hint; file "db.cache"; }; zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" { type master; file "db.127.0.0.0"; }; include "internal_zones.txt"; }; SECOND ATTEMPT: Succeeds, only external clients can see external_zones. view "default-test" { match-clients { ! 127.0.0.1; any; }; // Why must I add any? ...... ---------------- John Murtari - jm5...@att.com Ciberspring office: 315-944-0998 cell: 315-430-2702 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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