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><H1
><A
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>Chapter 7. <SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>BIND</SPAN
> 9 Security Considerations</A
></H1
><DIV
CLASS="TOC"
><DL
><DT
><B
>Table of Contents</B
></DT
><DT
>7.1. <A
HREF="Bv9ARM.ch07.html#Access_Control_Lists"
>Access Control Lists</A
></DT
><DT
>7.2. <A
HREF="Bv9ARM.ch07.html#AEN4239"
><B
CLASS="command"
>chroot</B
> and <B
CLASS="command"
>setuid</B
> (for
UNIX servers)</A
></DT
><DT
>7.3. <A
HREF="Bv9ARM.ch07.html#dynamic_update_security"
>Dynamic Update Security</A
></DT
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><DIV
CLASS="sect1"
><H1
CLASS="sect1"
><A
NAME="Access_Control_Lists"
>7.1. Access Control Lists</A
></H1
><P
>Access Control Lists (ACLs), are address match lists that
you can set up and nickname for future use in <B
CLASS="command"
>allow-notify</B
>,
<B
CLASS="command"
>allow-query</B
>, <B
CLASS="command"
>allow-recursion</B
>,
<B
CLASS="command"
>blackhole</B
>, <B
CLASS="command"
>allow-transfer</B
>,
etc.</P
><P
>Using ACLs allows you to have finer control over who can access
your nameserver, without cluttering up your config files with huge
lists of IP addresses.</P
><P
>It is a <SPAN
CLASS="emphasis"
><I
CLASS="emphasis"
>good idea</I
></SPAN
> to use ACLs, and to
control access to your server. Limiting access to your server by
outside parties can help prevent spoofing and DoS attacks against
your server.</P
><P
>Here is an example of how to properly apply ACLs:</P
><PRE
CLASS="programlisting"
> // Set up an ACL named "bogusnets" that will block RFC1918 space,
// which is commonly used in spoofing attacks.
acl bogusnets { 0.0.0.0/8; 1.0.0.0/8; 2.0.0.0/8; 192.0.2.0/24; 224.0.0.0/3; 10.0.0.0/8; 172.16.0.0/12; 192.168.0.0/16; };
// Set up an ACL called our-nets. Replace this with the real IP numbers.
acl our-nets { x.x.x.x/24; x.x.x.x/21; };
options {
...
...
allow-query { our-nets; };
allow-recursion { our-nets; };
...
blackhole { bogusnets; };
...
};
zone "example.com" {
type master;
file "m/example.com";
allow-query { any; };
};
</PRE
><P
>This allows recursive queries of the server from the outside
unless recursion has been previously disabled.</P
><P
>For more information on how to use ACLs to protect your server,
see the <SPAN
CLASS="emphasis"
><I
CLASS="emphasis"
>AUSCERT</I
></SPAN
> advisory at
<A
HREF="ftp://ftp.auscert.org.au/pub/auscert/advisory/AL-1999.004.dns_dos"
TARGET="_top"
>ftp://ftp.auscert.org.au/pub/auscert/advisory/AL-1999.004.dns_dos</A
></P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="sect1"
><H1
CLASS="sect1"
><A
NAME="AEN4239"
>7.2. <B
CLASS="command"
>chroot</B
> and <B
CLASS="command"
>setuid</B
> (for
UNIX servers)</A
></H1
><P
>On UNIX servers, it is possible to run <SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>BIND</SPAN
> in a <SPAN
CLASS="emphasis"
><I
CLASS="emphasis"
>chrooted</I
></SPAN
> environment
(<B
CLASS="command"
>chroot()</B
>) by specifying the "<TT
CLASS="option"
>-t</TT
>"
option. This can help improve system security by placing <SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>BIND</SPAN
> in
a "sandbox," which will limit the damage done if a server is compromised.</P
><P
>Another useful feature in the UNIX version of <SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>BIND</SPAN
> is the
ability to run the daemon as a nonprivileged user ( <TT
CLASS="option"
>-u</TT
> <TT
CLASS="replaceable"
><I
>user</I
></TT
> ).
We suggest running as a nonprivileged user when using the <B
CLASS="command"
>chroot</B
> feature.</P
><P
>Here is an example command line to load <SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>BIND</SPAN
> in a <B
CLASS="command"
>chroot()</B
> sandbox,
<B
CLASS="command"
>/var/named</B
>, and to run <B
CLASS="command"
>named</B
> <B
CLASS="command"
>setuid</B
> to
user 202:</P
><P
><TT
CLASS="userinput"
><B
>/usr/local/bin/named -u 202 -t /var/named</B
></TT
></P
><DIV
CLASS="sect2"
><H2
CLASS="sect2"
><A
NAME="AEN4262"
>7.2.1. The <B
CLASS="command"
>chroot</B
> Environment</A
></H2
><P
>In order for a <B
CLASS="command"
>chroot()</B
> environment to
work properly in a particular directory
(for example, <TT
CLASS="filename"
>/var/named</TT
>),
you will need to set up an environment that includes everything
<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>BIND</SPAN
> needs to run.
From <SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>BIND</SPAN
>'s point of view, <TT
CLASS="filename"
>/var/named</TT
> is
the root of the filesystem. You will need to adjust the values of options like
like <B
CLASS="command"
>directory</B
> and <B
CLASS="command"
>pid-file</B
> to account
for this.
</P
><P
> Unlike with earlier versions of BIND, you will typically
<SPAN
CLASS="emphasis"
><I
CLASS="emphasis"
>not</I
></SPAN
> need to compile <B
CLASS="command"
>named</B
>
statically nor install shared libraries under the new root.
However, depending on your operating system, you may need
to set up things like
<TT
CLASS="filename"
>/dev/zero</TT
>,
<TT
CLASS="filename"
>/dev/random</TT
>,
<TT
CLASS="filename"
>/dev/log</TT
>, and/or
<TT
CLASS="filename"
>/etc/localtime</TT
>.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="sect2"
><H2
CLASS="sect2"
><A
NAME="AEN4280"
>7.2.2. Using the <B
CLASS="command"
>setuid</B
> Function</A
></H2
><P
>Prior to running the <B
CLASS="command"
>named</B
> daemon, use
the <B
CLASS="command"
>touch</B
> utility (to change file access and
modification times) or the <B
CLASS="command"
>chown</B
> utility (to
set the user id and/or group id) on files
to which you want <SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>BIND</SPAN
>
to write. Note that if the <B
CLASS="command"
>named</B
> daemon is running as a
nonprivileged user, it will not be able to bind to new restricted ports if the
server is reloaded.</P
></DIV
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><DIV
CLASS="sect1"
><H1
CLASS="sect1"
><A
NAME="dynamic_update_security"
>7.3. Dynamic Update Security</A
></H1
><P
>Access to the dynamic
update facility should be strictly limited. In earlier versions of
<SPAN
CLASS="acronym"
>BIND</SPAN
> the only way to do this was based on the IP
address of the host requesting the update, by listing an IP address or
network prefix in the <B
CLASS="command"
>allow-update</B
> zone option.
This method is insecure since the source address of the update UDP packet
is easily forged. Also note that if the IP addresses allowed by the
<B
CLASS="command"
>allow-update</B
> option include the address of a slave
server which performs forwarding of dynamic updates, the master can be
trivially attacked by sending the update to the slave, which will
forward it to the master with its own source IP address causing the
master to approve it without question.</P
><P
>For these reasons, we strongly recommend that updates be
cryptographically authenticated by means of transaction signatures
(TSIG). That is, the <B
CLASS="command"
>allow-update</B
> option should
list only TSIG key names, not IP addresses or network
prefixes. Alternatively, the new <B
CLASS="command"
>update-policy</B
>
option can be used.</P
><P
>Some sites choose to keep all dynamically updated DNS data
in a subdomain and delegate that subdomain to a separate zone. This
way, the top-level zone containing critical data such as the IP addresses
of public web and mail servers need not allow dynamic update at
all.</P
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