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<dt><span class="section"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch07.html#Access_Control_Lists">Access Control Lists</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch07.html#chroot_and_setuid"><span class="command"><strong>Chroot</strong></span> and <span class="command"><strong>Setuid</strong></span></a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch07.html#chroot">The <span class="command"><strong>chroot</strong></span> Environment</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch07.html#setuid">Using the <span class="command"><strong>setuid</strong></span> Function</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch07.html#dynamic_update_security">Dynamic Update Security</a></span></dt>
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<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
<a name="Access_Control_Lists"></a>Access Control Lists</h2></div></div></div>
<p>
          Access Control Lists (ACLs) are address match lists that
          can be set up and nicknamed for future use in
          <span class="command"><strong>allow-notify</strong></span>, <span class="command"><strong>allow-query</strong></span>,
          <span class="command"><strong>allow-query-on</strong></span>, <span class="command"><strong>allow-recursion</strong></span>,
          <span class="command"><strong>blackhole</strong></span>, <span class="command"><strong>allow-transfer</strong></span>,
          <span class="command"><strong>match-clients</strong></span>, etc.
        </p>
<p>
          ACLs give users finer control over who can access
          the name server, without cluttering up configuration files with huge
          lists of IP addresses.
        </p>
<p>
          It is a <span class="emphasis"><em>good idea</em></span> to use ACLs, and to
          control access. Limiting access to the server by
          outside parties can help prevent spoofing and denial of service
          (DoS) attacks against the server.
        </p>
<p>
          ACLs match clients on the basis of up to three characteristics:
          1) The client's IP address; 2) the TSIG or SIG(0) key that was
          used to sign the request, if any; and 3) an address prefix
          encoded in an EDNS Client-Subnet option, if any.
        </p>
<p>
          Here is an example of ACLs based on client addresses:
        </p>
<pre class="programlisting">
// Set up an ACL named "bogusnets" that blocks
// RFC 1918 space and some reserved space, which is
// commonly used in spoofing attacks.
acl bogusnets {
        0.0.0.0/8;  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 authoritative queries for "example.com" from any
          address, but recursive queries only from the networks specified
          in "our-nets", and no queries at all from the networks
          specified in "bogusnets".
        </p>
<p>
          In addition to network addresses and prefixes, which are
          matched against the source address of the DNS request, ACLs
          may include <code class="option">key</code> elements, which specify the
          name of a TSIG or SIG(0) key, or <code class="option">ecs</code>
          elements, which specify a network prefix but are only matched
          if that prefix matches an EDNS client-subnet option included
          in the request.
        </p>
<p>
          The EDNS Client-Subnet (ECS) option is used by a recursive
          resolver to inform an authoritative name server of the network
          address block from which the original query was received, enabling
          authoritative servers to give different answers to the same
          resolver for different resolver clients.  An ACL containing
          an element of the form
          <span class="command"><strong>ecs <em class="replaceable"><code>prefix</code></em></strong></span>
          will match if a request arrives in containing an ECS option
          encoding an address within that prefix.  If the request has no
          ECS option, then "ecs" elements are simply ignored.  Addresses
          in ACLs that are not prefixed with "ecs" are matched only
          against the source address.
        </p>
<div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
<h3 class="title">Note</h3>
<p>
            (Note: the authoritative ECS implementation in
            <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> is based on an early version of the
            specification, and is known to have incompatibilities with
            other implementations.  It is also inefficient, requiring
            a separate view for each client subnet to be sent different
            answers, and it is unable to correct for overlapping subnets in
            the configuration.  It can be used for testing purposes, but is
            not recommended for production use.)
          </p>
</div>
<p>
          When <acronym class="acronym">BIND</acronym> 9 is built with GeoIP support,
          ACLs can also be used for geographic access restrictions.
          This is done by specifying an ACL element of the form:
          <span class="command"><strong>geoip [<span class="optional">db <em class="replaceable"><code>database</code></em></span>] <em class="replaceable"><code>field</code></em> <em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em></strong></span>
        </p>
<p>
          The <em class="replaceable"><code>field</code></em> parameter indicates which field
          to search for a match.  Available fields are "country",
          "region", "city", "continent", "postal" (postal code),
          "metro" (metro code), "area" (area code), "tz" (timezone),
          "isp", "asnum", and "domain".
        </p>
<p>
          <em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em> is the value to search
          for within the database.  A string may be quoted if it
          contains spaces or other special characters.  An "asnum"
          search for autonomous system number can be specified using
          the string "ASNNNN" or the integer NNNN.
          When "country" search is specified with a string that is two
          characters long, it must be a standard ISO-3166-1
          two-letter country code; otherwise, it is interpreted as
          the full name of the country.  Similarly, if
          "region" is the search term and the string is two characters long,
          it is treated as a standard two-letter state or province
          abbreviation; otherwise, it is treated as the full name of the
          state or province.
        </p>
<p>
          The <em class="replaceable"><code>database</code></em> field indicates which
          GeoIP database to search for a match.  In most cases this is
          unnecessary, because most search fields can only be found in
          a single database.  However, searches for "continent" or "country"
          can be answered from either the "city" or "country" databases,
          so for these search types, specifying a
          <em class="replaceable"><code>database</code></em>
          forces the query to be answered from that database and no
          other.  If <em class="replaceable"><code>database</code></em> is not
          specified, these queries are first answered from the "city"
          database if it is installed, and then from the "country" database if it
          is installed. Valid database names are
          "country", "city", "asnum", "isp", and "domain". (If using
          the legacy GeoIP API, "netspeed" and "org" databases are also
          available.)
        </p>
<p>
          By default, if a DNS query includes an EDNS Client-Subnet (ECS)
          option which encodes a non-zero address prefix, then GeoIP ACL
          elements are matched against that address prefix.  Otherwise,
          they are matched against the source address of the query.  To
          prevent GeoIP ACLs from matching against ECS options, set
          the <span class="command"><strong>geoip-use-ecs</strong></span> to <code class="literal">no</code>.
        </p>
<p>
          Some example GeoIP ACLs:
        </p>
<pre class="programlisting">geoip country US;
geoip country JP;
geoip db country country Canada;
geoip region WA;
geoip city "San Francisco";
geoip region Oklahoma;
geoip postal 95062;
geoip tz "America/Los_Angeles";
geoip org "Internet Systems Consortium";
</pre>
<p>
          ACLs use a "first-match" logic rather than "best-match";
          if an address prefix matches an ACL element, then that ACL
          is considered to have matched even if a later element would
          have matched more specifically.  For example, the ACL
          <span class="command"><strong>{ 10/8; !10.0.0.1; }</strong></span> would actually
          match a query from 10.0.0.1, because the first element
          indicates that the query should be accepted, and the second
          element is ignored.
        </p>
<p>
          When using "nested" ACLs (that is, ACLs included or referenced
          within other ACLs), a negative match of a nested ACL tells
          the containing ACL to continue looking for matches.  This
          enables complex ACLs to be constructed, in which multiple
          client characteristics can be checked at the same time. For
          example, to construct an ACL which allows a query only when
          it originates from a particular network <span class="emphasis"><em>and</em></span>
          only when it is signed with a particular key, use:
        </p>
<pre class="programlisting">
allow-query { !{ !10/8; any; }; key example; };
</pre>
<p>
          Within the nested ACL, any address that is
          <span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> in the 10/8 network prefix is
          rejected, which terminates processing of the
          ACL.  Any address that <span class="emphasis"><em>is</em></span> in the 10/8
          network prefix is accepted, but this causes a negative
          match of the nested ACL, so the containing ACL continues
          processing. The query is accepted if it is signed
          by the key "example", and rejected otherwise.  The ACL, then,
          only matches when <span class="emphasis"><em>both</em></span> conditions
          are true.
        </p>
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<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
<a name="chroot_and_setuid"></a><span class="command"><strong>Chroot</strong></span> and <span class="command"><strong>Setuid</strong></span>
</h2></div></div></div>
<p>
          On Unix servers, it is possible to run <acronym class="acronym">BIND</acronym>
          in a <span class="emphasis"><em>chrooted</em></span> environment (using
          the <span class="command"><strong>chroot()</strong></span> function) by specifying
          the <code class="option">-t</code> option for <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span>.
          This can help improve system security by placing
          <acronym class="acronym">BIND</acronym> in a "sandbox," which limits
          the damage done if a server is compromised.
        </p>
<p>
          Another useful feature in the Unix version of <acronym class="acronym">BIND</acronym> is the
          ability to run the daemon as an unprivileged user (<code class="option">-u</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>user</code></em>).
          We suggest running as an unprivileged user when using the <span class="command"><strong>chroot</strong></span> feature.
        </p>
<p>
          Here is an example command line to load <acronym class="acronym">BIND</acronym> in a <span class="command"><strong>chroot</strong></span> sandbox,
          <span class="command"><strong>/var/named</strong></span>, and to run <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> <span class="command"><strong>setuid</strong></span> to
          user 202:
        </p>
<p>
          <strong class="userinput"><code>/usr/local/sbin/named -u 202 -t /var/named</code></strong>
        </p>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="chroot"></a>The <span class="command"><strong>chroot</strong></span> Environment</h3></div></div></div>
<p>
            For a <span class="command"><strong>chroot</strong></span> environment
            to work properly in a particular directory (for example,
            <code class="filename">/var/named</code>), the
            environment must include everything
            <acronym class="acronym">BIND</acronym> needs to run.  From
            <acronym class="acronym">BIND</acronym>'s point of view,
            <code class="filename">/var/named</code> is the root of the
            filesystem; the values of
            options like <span class="command"><strong>directory</strong></span> and
            <span class="command"><strong>pid-file</strong></span> must be adjusted to account for this.
          </p>
<p>
            Unlike with earlier versions of BIND,
            <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> does <span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> typically need to be compiled
            statically, nor do shared libraries need to be installed under the new root.
            However, depending on the operating system, it may be necessary
            to set up locations such as
            <code class="filename">/dev/zero</code>,
            <code class="filename">/dev/random</code>,
            <code class="filename">/dev/log</code>, and
            <code class="filename">/etc/localtime</code>.
          </p>
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<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="setuid"></a>Using the <span class="command"><strong>setuid</strong></span> Function</h3></div></div></div>
<p>
            Prior to running the <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> daemon,
            use
            the <span class="command"><strong>touch</strong></span> utility (to change file
            access and
            modification times) or the <span class="command"><strong>chown</strong></span>
            utility (to
            set the user id and/or group id) on files
            where <acronym class="acronym">BIND</acronym>
            should write.
          </p>
<div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
<h3 class="title">Note</h3>
<p>
            If the <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> daemon is running as an
            unprivileged user, it cannot bind to new restricted
            ports if the server is reloaded.
          </p>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
<a name="dynamic_update_security"></a>Dynamic Update Security</h2></div></div></div>
<p>
          Access to the dynamic
          update facility should be strictly limited.  In earlier versions of
          <acronym class="acronym">BIND</acronym>, 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 <span class="command"><strong>allow-update</strong></span>
          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
          <span class="command"><strong>allow-update</strong></span> option include the
          address of a secondary
          server which performs forwarding of dynamic updates, the primary can
          be
          trivially attacked by sending the update to the secondary, which
          forwards it to the primary with its own source IP address - causing the
          primary 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 <span class="command"><strong>allow-update</strong></span>
          option should
          list only TSIG key names, not IP addresses or network
          prefixes. Alternatively, the <span class="command"><strong>update-policy</strong></span>
          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.
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