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Date:      Fri, 12 Nov 1999 23:45:59 +0800
From:      Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
To:        Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>
Cc:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Why not sandbox BIND? 
Message-ID:  <19991112154559.DAC251C6D@overcee.netplex.com.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 12 Nov 1999 09:22:52 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911120922190.85007-100000@jade.chc-chimes.com> 

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Bill Fumerola wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Brett Glass wrote:
> 
> > I assume you mean rc.conf, not named.conf.
> > 
> > In any case, maybe there should be a "sandbox BIND" flag in rc.conf
> > that selects a sandboxed configuration and is on by default.
> > Also, it'd be nice to have the user "named" already in /etc/passwd
> > and ready to go.
> 
> bind:*:53:53::0:0:Bind Sandbox:/:/sbin/nologin
> 
> You mean like that in src/etc/master.passwd?

*Beware* - do not do this if you have dyanmic interface configuration, eg
if you run ppp[d] or anything.  Bind depends on being able to bind to port
53 if the interface configuration changes.  This is why it's not on by
default.

Cheers,
-Peter




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