BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

Scope of Document

Organization of This Document

Conventions Used in This Document

The Domain Name System (DNS)

DNS Fundamentals

Domains and Domain Names

Zones

Authoritative Name Servers

Caching Name Servers

Name Servers in Multiple Roles

2. BIND Resource Requirements

Hardware requirements

CPU Requirements

Memory Requirements

Name Server Intensive Environment Issues

Supported Operating Systems

3. Name Server Configuration

Sample Configurations

A Caching-only Name Server

An Authoritative-only Name Server

Load Balancing

Name Server Operations

Tools for Use With the Name Server Daemon

Signals

Plugins

Configuring Plugins

Developing Plugins

4. Advanced DNS Features

Notify

Dynamic Update

The journal file

Incremental Zone Transfers (IXFR)

Split DNS

Example split DNS setup

TSIG

Generating a Shared Key

Loading A New Key

Instructing the Server to Use a Key

TSIG-Based Access Control

Errors

TKEY

SIG(0)

DNSSEC

Generating Keys

Signing the Zone

Configuring Servers for DNSSEC

DNSSEC, Dynamic Zones, and Automatic Signing

Converting from insecure to secure

Dynamic DNS update method

Fully automatic zone signing

Private-type records

DNSKEY rollovers

Dynamic DNS update method

Automatic key rollovers

NSEC3PARAM rollovers via UPDATE

Converting from NSEC to NSEC3

Converting from NSEC3 to NSEC

Converting from secure to insecure

Periodic re-signing

NSEC3 and OPTOUT

Dynamic Trust Anchor Management

Validating Resolver

Authoritative Server

PKCS#11 (Cryptoki) support

Prerequisites

Native PKCS#11

OpenSSL-based PKCS#11

PKCS#11 Tools

Using the HSM

Specifying the engine on the command line

Running named with automatic zone re-signing

DLZ (Dynamically Loadable Zones)

Configuring DLZ

Sample DLZ Driver

DynDB (Dynamic Database)

Configuring DynDB

Sample DynDB Module

Catalog Zones

Principle of Operation

Configuring Catalog Zones

Catalog Zone format

IPv6 Support in BIND 9

Address Lookups Using AAAA Records

Address to Name Lookups Using Nibble Format

5. BIND 9 Configuration Reference

Configuration File Elements

Address Match Lists

Comment Syntax

Configuration File Grammar

acl Statement Grammar

acl Statement Definition and Usage

controls Statement Grammar

controls Statement Definition and Usage

include Statement Grammar

include Statement Definition and Usage

key Statement Grammar

key Statement Definition and Usage

logging Statement Grammar

logging Statement Definition and Usage

masters Statement Grammar

masters Statement Definition and Usage

options Statement Grammar

options Statement Definition and Usage

server Statement Grammar

server Statement Definition and Usage

statistics-channels Statement Grammar

statistics-channels Statement Definition and Usage

dnssec-keys Statement Grammar

dnssec-keys Statement Definition and Usage

managed-keys Statement Grammar

managed-keys Statement Definition and Usage

trusted-keys Statement Grammar

trusted-keys Statement Definition and Usage

view Statement Grammar

view Statement Definition and Usage

zone Statement Grammar

zone Statement Definition and Usage

Zone File

Types of Resource Records and When to Use Them

Discussion of MX Records

Setting TTLs

Inverse Mapping in IPv4

Other Zone File Directives

BIND Master File Extension: the $GENERATE Directive

Additional File Formats

BIND9 Statistics

The Statistics File

Statistics Counters

6. BIND 9 Security Considerations

Access Control Lists

Chroot and Setuid

The chroot Environment

Using the setuid Function

Dynamic Update Security

7. Troubleshooting

Common Problems

It's not working; how can I figure out what's wrong?

EDNS compliance issues

Incrementing and Changing the Serial Number

Where Can I Get Help?

A. Release Notes

Release Notes for BIND Version 9.15.4

Introduction

Note on Version Numbering

Supported Platforms

Download

Security Fixes

New Features

Removed Features

Feature Changes

Bug Fixes

License

End of Life

Thank You

B. A Brief History of the DNS and BIND

C. General DNS Reference Information

IPv6 addresses (AAAA)

Bibliography (and Suggested Reading)

Request for Comments (RFCs)

Internet Drafts

Other Documents About BIND

D. BIND 9 DNS Library Support

BIND 9 DNS Library Support

Installation

Known Defects/Restrictions

The dns.conf File

Sample Applications

Library References

I. Manual pages

arpaname — translate IP addresses to the corresponding ARPA names

ddns-confgen — ddns key generation tool

delv — DNS lookup and validation utility

dig — DNS lookup utility

dnssec-cds — change DS records for a child zone based on CDS/CDNSKEY

dnssec-checkds — DNSSEC delegation consistency checking tool

dnssec-coverage — checks future DNSKEY coverage for a zone

dnssec-dsfromkey — DNSSEC DS RR generation tool

dnssec-importkey — import DNSKEY records from external systems so they can be managed

dnssec-keyfromlabel — DNSSEC key generation tool

dnssec-keygen — DNSSEC key generation tool

dnssec-keymgr — Ensures correct DNSKEY coverage for a zone based on a defined policy

dnssec-revoke — set the REVOKED bit on a DNSSEC key

dnssec-settime — set the key timing metadata for a DNSSEC key

dnssec-signzone — DNSSEC zone signing tool

dnssec-verify — DNSSEC zone verification tool

dnstap-read — print dnstap data in human-readable form

filter-aaaa.so — filter AAAA in DNS responses when A is present

host — DNS lookup utility

mdig — DNS pipelined lookup utility

named-checkconf — named configuration file syntax checking tool

named-checkzone — zone file validity checking or converting tool

named-journalprint — print zone journal in human-readable form

named-nzd2nzf — Convert an NZD database to NZF text format

named-rrchecker — syntax checker for individual DNS resource records

named.conf — configuration file for named

named — Internet domain name server

nsec3hash — generate NSEC3 hash

nslookup — query Internet name servers interactively

nsupdate — Dynamic DNS update utility

pkcs11-destroy — destroy PKCS#11 objects

pkcs11-keygen — generate keys on a PKCS#11 device

pkcs11-list — list PKCS#11 objects

pkcs11-tokens — list PKCS#11 available tokens

rndc-confgen — rndc key generation tool

rndc.conf — rndc configuration file

rndc — name server control utility