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On Saturday 21 June 2008, James wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> I'm adding primary and secondary name servers to my small (5 |
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> static) ip network. |
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> Are there any security reasons that I should not run the secondary |
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> (Bind) name server on the firewall (iptables) directly? |
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Well, security holes have been discovered in bind in the past - and |
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there are no reasons to assume none will be found in the future. ;-) |
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Once your firewall is compromised, your whole network is under |
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threat. |
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Though the risk is probably small, you can avoid it easily. Rund bind |
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on one of the boxes behind your firewall. Forward port 53 from your |
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fw to that box. Announce your FW as the secondary name server. |
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Uwe |
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Ignorance killed the cat, sir, curiosity was framed! |
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