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Date:      Mon, 22 Apr 2002 12:04:31 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Tim Wilde <twilde@dyndns.org>
To:        Jim Flowers <jflowers@ezo.net>
Cc:        Mario Lobo <Mlobo@ear.com.br>, <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: DNS Question
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.4.44.0204221202580.25336-100000@quartz.bos.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020422114506.M42132@ezo.net>

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On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Jim Flowers wrote:

> You don't say what version but assuming 8.x.x there are a number of options
> to help.  Read Chapter 10 of the DNA & BIND book.  Particularly, you can
> configure your dns to be useful as a resolver to only your trusted addresses
> with option allow-query {trusted-addresses;} while at the same time allowing
> everyone access to your authoritative zones with an allow-query {any;} entry
> in each of your authoritative zone files.

The allow-recursion { }; statement within the options { }; block is more
correct to use to limit recursion, I'm pretty sure it's available in BIND
8, and it definitely is in BIND 9.  DNS & BIND is a very good resource, as
is the BIND ARM that ships in the doc/ dir of the BIND distribution.

Tim Wilde

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Tim Wilde
twilde@dyndns.org
Systems Administrator
Dynamic DNS Network Services
http://www.dyndns.org/


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