Re: Bind9 logging options

2010-05-18 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 17.05.10 13:38, Techi wrote:
> I have a problem in my recursive DNS servers (Bind 9, on RHEL 5). Intalled 
> package on my system is the latest bind-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2 from Red Hat. My 
> problem is that sometimes, queries are failed with timeouts and that the one 
> of my 2 DNS servers (the one set as primaryin my users) has 3 time more 
> failed 
> queries than the secondary, while the succesful queries are almost the same. 
> . 
> I am almost sure that the problem is network related (hardware or software), 
> but I need a proof for that. Is there any way to log the timed-out queries in 
> a log file? 

and there is nothing in the bind log files?

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Re: Bind9 logging options

2010-05-18 Thread Techi
No! Log files are indicating any issue! The only indication I have about the 
problem, is the lack if queries in the log files. No timeouts, no failures. I 
even tried to query a fake domain. The result was a normal record (with A+). 
I did not find any error! 
So, how on earth do I log them?

On Tue 18 of May 2010 10:58:53 Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
> On 17.05.10 13:38, Techi wrote:
> > I have a problem in my recursive DNS servers (Bind 9, on RHEL 5).
> > Intalled package on my system is the latest bind-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2 from
> > Red Hat. My problem is that sometimes, queries are failed with timeouts
> > and that the one of my 2 DNS servers (the one set as primaryin my users)
> > has 3 time more failed queries than the secondary, while the succesful
> > queries are almost the same. . I am almost sure that the problem is
> > network related (hardware or software), but I need a proof for that. Is
> > there any way to log the timed-out queries in a log file?
> 
> and there is nothing in the bind log files?
> 
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Re: Bind9 logging options

2010-05-18 Thread sthaug
> No! Log files are indicating any issue! The only indication I have about the 
> problem, is the lack if queries in the log files. No timeouts, no failures. I 
> even tried to query a fake domain. The result was a normal record (with A+). 
> I did not find any error! 
> So, how on earth do I log them?

Use a packet sniffer (e.g. tcpdump, wireshark) on your DNS servers to
capture the DNS traffic.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sth...@nethelp.no
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Re: Bind9 logging options

2010-05-18 Thread Tomasz Dereszynski

Quoting sth...@nethelp.no:


No! Log files are indicating any issue! The only indication I have about the
problem, is the lack if queries in the log files. No timeouts, no  
failures. I

even tried to query a fake domain. The result was a normal record (with A+).
I did not find any error!
So, how on earth do I log them?


Use a packet sniffer (e.g. tcpdump, wireshark) on your DNS servers to
capture the DNS traffic.



if you set it to capture only 53 port and to save files up to  
reasonable size you can leave it running for 24h without a problem -  
wouldnt recommend doing that without specifying port/service.


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using TXT fields

2010-05-18 Thread fddi


Hello,
I wanted to ask if using TXT fields can have some bad implication 
security issues


thanks

Rick


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Re: using TXT fields

2010-05-18 Thread Chris Thompson

On May 18 2010, fddi wrote:

I wanted to ask if using TXT fields can have some bad implication 
security issues


It rather depends what you put in them, doesn't it?

hostname  TXT  "Root password is AndyPandy"
mc-room   TXT  "Entacode is 2038"
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RE: Bind9 logging options

2010-05-18 Thread Todd Snyder

>The DNS Servers are authoritive. I have more than 100 users for them,
and the 
>number of queries performed per minute is very high due to the nature
of our 
>organization. Moreover, I do not have a specific time window in which
the 
>timeouts occur, so, it is impossible to run it 24/7! From your answer I

>conclude that there is no such option, correct? 

Well, it depends on the reason for the timeouts.  If the packet is
getting lost along the way due to network issues, it would never hit the
server, and you wouldn't have any logs of it.

You could use filters on tcpdump (tcpdump -tt host x.y.z.a && port
53)and setup a script on a remote host to send a stream of queries.  You
don't necessarily have to capture all traffic to troubleshoot the
problem.  Make sure your servers are time sync'd properly so you can
correlate the logs.

Otherwise, if the issue is happening after the packet reaches the
server, then I'd bump up the debug level and turn on a bunch of logging
and make sure ntp is working fine and start watching logs while
generating a bunch of traffic from a test box.

Cheers,

Todd.


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RE: How to prevent slaves from contacting master for name resolution?

2010-05-18 Thread Todd Snyder
Are all the slaves authoritative for all the zones?  If so, unless
you're using forwarding, or some really odd delegation, queries
shouldn't be going to the master servers.

Todd.

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Subject: How to prevent slaves from contacting master for name
resolution?

Our redundant DNS configuration is one master and three slaves, spread
across two colo facilities.

master and slave1 are in colo_ALPHA.
slave2 and slave3 are in colo_BETA.

During an extended maintenance window, the master DNS was offline.
Slave2 was trying to contact the master, and lookups failed.  Usually,
slave2 resolves without contacting the master, but occasionally it
does.

The IP for the master does not appear in slave2's /etc/resolv.conf,
and I'm not sure what else to check for on slave machines.  Where else
would I look?  Would any settings in named.conf account for this
behavior?

Versions are Linux (CentOS 5) and BIND 9.5.x.

Thanks.

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Re: Help for a Windows installation

2010-05-18 Thread Alessandro Magno
Any help for me? :,-(

2010/5/17 Alessandro:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to install the last version of Bind in a standalone Windows
> 2003 Server.
>
> I would set a caching-only nameserver, but I'm not so expert.
>
> I would:
> - limit who can use this nameserver
> - log the failed queries
> - delete the cache if necessary
>
> How should I fill in these files? Thanks!
> Alex
>
> named.conf nr. 1
> 
>
> options {
>                directory "C:\WINDOWS\system32\dns\etc";
> };
>
>
> key "rndc-key" {
>        algorithm hmac-md5;
>        secret "    ";
> };
>
> controls {
>        inet 127.0.0.1 port 953
>                allow { 127.0.0.1; } keys { "rndc-key"; };
> };
>
>
> named.conf nr. 2
> 
>
> acl corpnets { 192.168.1.0/24; };
> options {
>     // Working directory
>     directory "/etc/namedb";
>
>     allow-query { corpnets; };
> };
> // Provide a reverse mapping for the loopback
> // address 127.0.0.1
> zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
>     type master;
>     file "localhost.rev";
>     notify no;
> };
>
>
> key "rndc-key" {
>        algorithm hmac-md5;
>        secret "       ";
> };
>
>
> controls {
>        inet 192.168.1.46 port 953
>                allow { 192.168.1.46; } keys { "rndc-key"; };
> };
>
>
> zone "." IN {
>   type hint;
>   file "db.root.hint.txt";
> };
>
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Re: Help for a Windows installation

2010-05-18 Thread Alessandro Magno
Any help for me? :,-(

2010/5/17 Alessandro:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to install the last version of Bind in a standalone Windows
> 2003 Server.
>
> I would set a caching-only nameserver, but I'm not so expert.
>
> I would:
> - limit who can use this nameserver
> - log the failed queries
> - delete the cache if necessary
>
> How should I fill in these files? Thanks!
> Alex
>
> named.conf nr. 1
> 
>
> options {
>                directory "C:\WINDOWS\system32\dns\etc";
> };
>
>
> key "rndc-key" {
>        algorithm hmac-md5;
>        secret "    ";
> };
>
> controls {
>        inet 127.0.0.1 port 953
>                allow { 127.0.0.1; } keys { "rndc-key"; };
> };
>
>
> named.conf nr. 2
> 
>
> acl corpnets { 192.168.1.0/24; };
> options {
>     // Working directory
>     directory "/etc/namedb";
>
>     allow-query { corpnets; };
> };
> // Provide a reverse mapping for the loopback
> // address 127.0.0.1
> zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
>     type master;
>     file "localhost.rev";
>     notify no;
> };
>
>
> key "rndc-key" {
>        algorithm hmac-md5;
>        secret "       ";
> };
>
>
> controls {
>        inet 192.168.1.46 port 953
>                allow { 192.168.1.46; } keys { "rndc-key"; };
> };
>
>
> zone "." IN {
>   type hint;
>   file "db.root.hint.txt";
> };
>
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RE: Help for a Windows installation

2010-05-18 Thread Todd Snyder
Alessandro,

Generally people won't want to lay out entire configurations for you.  Spend a 
little time with the DNS & BIND book which will be your loving companion as a 
BIND admin (available on google books for free if your google-fu is good), and 
come back with direct questions/configuration examples if there is something 
you can't figure out and I'm confident people will more readily help out.

Specific things to look for:

-ACLs
- acl 
- allow-recusion
- allow-query-cache
- allow-query
-logging statement
-rndc flush

Cheers,

Todd.

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Alessandro Magno
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 9:37 AM
To: bind-users@lists.isc.org
Subject: Re: Help for a Windows installation

Any help for me? :,-(

2010/5/17 Alessandro:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to install the last version of Bind in a standalone Windows
> 2003 Server.
>
> I would set a caching-only nameserver, but I'm not so expert.
>
> I would:
> - limit who can use this nameserver
> - log the failed queries
> - delete the cache if necessary
>
> How should I fill in these files? Thanks!
> Alex
>
> named.conf nr. 1
> 
>
> options {
>                directory "C:\WINDOWS\system32\dns\etc";
> };
>
>
> key "rndc-key" {
>        algorithm hmac-md5;
>        secret "    ";
> };
>
> controls {
>        inet 127.0.0.1 port 953
>                allow { 127.0.0.1; } keys { "rndc-key"; };
> };
>
>
> named.conf nr. 2
> 
>
> acl corpnets { 192.168.1.0/24; };
> options {
>     // Working directory
>     directory "/etc/namedb";
>
>     allow-query { corpnets; };
> };
> // Provide a reverse mapping for the loopback
> // address 127.0.0.1
> zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
>     type master;
>     file "localhost.rev";
>     notify no;
> };
>
>
> key "rndc-key" {
>        algorithm hmac-md5;
>        secret "       ";
> };
>
>
> controls {
>        inet 192.168.1.46 port 953
>                allow { 192.168.1.46; } keys { "rndc-key"; };
> };
>
>
> zone "." IN {
>   type hint;
>   file "db.root.hint.txt";
> };
>
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Explanation of a resolver.c error message

2010-05-18 Thread Keith Christian
Could anyone offer an explanation for what condition(s) trigger this
error in older, out of date versions of BIND, specifically, BIND
9.5.1b1 ?

resolver.c:5617: REQUIREquery) != ((void *)0)) && (((const
isc__magic_t *)(query))->magic == ((('Q') << 24 | ('!') << 16 | ('!')
<< 8 | ('!')) failed

Is this related to a type of query, or some other event?

Thanks!

==Keith
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Re: Explanation of a resolver.c error message

2010-05-18 Thread JINMEI Tatuya / 神明達哉
At Tue, 18 May 2010 12:07:12 -0600,
Keith Christian  wrote:

> Could anyone offer an explanation for what condition(s) trigger this
> error in older, out of date versions of BIND, specifically, BIND
> 9.5.1b1 ?
> 
> resolver.c:5617: REQUIREquery) != ((void *)0)) && (((const
> isc__magic_t *)(query))->magic == ((('Q') << 24 | ('!') << 16 | ('!')
> << 8 | ('!')) failed
> 
> Is this related to a type of query, or some other event?

I suspect it's a known bug:

2408.   [bug]   A duplicate TCP dispatch event could be sent, which
could then trigger an assertion failure in
resquery_response().  [RT #18275]

which has been fixed in recent versions of 9.5.

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Re: using TXT fields

2010-05-18 Thread Peter Laws

On 05/18/10 06:16, Chris Thompson wrote:

On May 18 2010, fddi wrote:


I wanted to ask if using TXT fields can have some bad implication
security issues


It rather depends what you put in them, doesn't it?

hostname TXT "Root password is AndyPandy"
mc-room TXT "Entacode is 2038"



Post-Its are great, but they often fall off the monitor.  This is a 
superior solution and has the benefit of being remotely accessible.


Thanks for the "pro tip"!


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