Bind 9.9.3 configuration message: missing 'file' entry

2013-06-02 Thread Spain, Dr. Jeffry A.
For bind 9.9.3 build on Ubuntu 12.04LTS x64, I see log messages, for example, "/etc/bind/named.conf.local:4: zone 'jaspain.biz': missing 'file' entry" for each slave zone configured for inline signing. The file clause is, in fact, present in the configuration file, for example: zone "jaspain.biz

does zone trump forward?

2013-06-02 Thread Jonathan Reed
I've only ever come across bind configs where forwarding is in place to locate certain zones, then all other queries are handled by either recursion or authoritatively. But what about the other way around, where I'm master for a few zones but forward the rest? Consider this: view "the-internet" {

Re: does zone trump forward?

2013-06-02 Thread Leonard Mills
As I understand  AUTHORITATIVE trumps anything.  For example, from an inside intranet name server forward the root (".") to somewhere on your edge, sprinkle in a few internal-only authoritative zones, and enjoy.  This is certainly not the only choice, but it functions pretty well. Len >___

any requests

2013-06-02 Thread hugo hugoo
All, Can anyone explain me the purpose of ANY requests sent to cache dns servers? I plan to block these kind of requests on the dns cache servers in order to avoid any amplification attack. But I was wondering if complaints can come if I do such limitation. Thanks in advance for your help. H

Re: any requests

2013-06-02 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 02.06.13 20:28, hugo hugoo wrote: Can anyone explain me the purpose of ANY requests sent to cache dns servers? their point is to give every available information for the given domain. I plan to block these kind of requests on the dns cache servers in order to avoid any amplification attack

Re: does zone trump forward?

2013-06-02 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 02.06.13 15:10, Jonathan Reed wrote: I've only ever come across bind configs where forwarding is in place to locate certain zones, then all other queries are handled by either recursion or authoritatively. But what about the other way around, where I'm master for a few zones but forward the re

Re: Bind 9.9.3 configuration message: missing 'file' entry

2013-06-02 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 02.06.13 14:27, Spain, Dr. Jeffry A. wrote: For bind 9.9.3 build on Ubuntu 12.04LTS x64, I see log messages, for example, "/etc/bind/named.conf.local:4: zone 'jaspain.biz': missing 'file' entry" for each slave zone configured for inline signing. The file clause is, in fact, present in the con

RE: Bind 9.9.3 configuration message: missing 'file' entry

2013-06-02 Thread Spain, Dr. Jeffry A.
> Have you looked carefuly enough, and to the correct file if there is no > missed character that makes the configuration invalid? > Have you run named-checkconf with and without the given file as parameter? The log message is new since bind-9.9.2-P2 with no changes to the configuration files. T

Re: any requests

2013-06-02 Thread Vernon Schryver
> From: Matus UHLAR - fantomas > On 02.06.13 20:28, hugo hugoo wrote: > >I plan to block these kind of requests on the dns cache servers in order to > > avoid any amplification attack. > hard to say, but as I stated before: don't do that. Instead, use RRL to mitigate many kinds of amplificatio

Re: Bind 9.9.3 configuration message: missing 'file' entry

2013-06-02 Thread Mark Andrews
In message <7610864823c0d04d89342623a3adc9de54c4a...@hopple.countryday.net>, "S pain, Dr. Jeffry A." writes: > For bind 9.9.3 build on Ubuntu 12.04LTS x64, I see log messages, for example, > "/etc/bind/named.conf.local:4: zone 'jaspain.biz': missing 'file' entry" for > each slave zone configured

RE: Bind 9.9.3 configuration message: missing 'file' entry

2013-06-02 Thread Spain, Dr. Jeffry A.
> The brackets were wrong and we should have checked that obj was true. The patch you provided makes the log message go away. The bind9 service appears to be working normally, and named-checkconf produces no output. Thanks. Jeff. ___ Please visit https