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Advanced Concepts</A ></H1 ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >4.1. <A HREF="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#dynamic_update" >Dynamic Update</A ></DT ><DT >4.2. <A HREF="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#incremental_zone_transfers" >Incremental Zone Transfers (IXFR)</A ></DT ><DT >4.3. <A HREF="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#AEN727" >Split DNS</A ></DT ><DT >4.4. <A HREF="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#tsig" >TSIG</A ></DT ><DT >4.5. <A HREF="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#AEN887" >TKEY</A ></DT ><DT >4.6. <A HREF="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#AEN902" >SIG(0)</A ></DT ><DT >4.7. <A HREF="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#DNSSEC" >DNSSEC</A ></DT ><DT >4.8. <A HREF="Bv9ARM.ch04.html#AEN987" >IPv6 Support in <SPAN CLASS="acronym" >BIND</SPAN > 9</A ></DT ></DL ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect1" ><H1 CLASS="sect1" ><A NAME="dynamic_update" >4.1. Dynamic Update</A ></H1 ><P >Dynamic update is the term used for the ability under certain specified conditions to add, modify or delete records or RRsets in the master zone files. Dynamic update is fully described in RFC 2136.</P ><P >Dynamic update is enabled on a zone-by-zone basis, by including an <B CLASS="command" >allow-update</B > or <B CLASS="command" >update-policy</B > clause in the <B CLASS="command" >zone</B > statement.</P ><P >Updating of secure zones (zones using DNSSEC) follows RFC 3007: SIG and NXT records affected by updates are automatically regenerated by the server using an online zone key. Update authorization is based on transaction signatures and an explicit server policy.</P ><DIV CLASS="sect2" ><H2 CLASS="sect2" ><A NAME="journal" >4.1.1. The journal file</A ></H2 ><P >All changes made to a zone using dynamic update are stored in the zone's journal file. This file is automatically created by the server when when the first dynamic update takes place. The name of the journal file is formed by appending the extension <TT CLASS="filename" >.jnl</TT > to the name of the corresponding zone file. The journal file is in a binary format and should not be edited manually.</P ><P >The server will also occasionally write ("dump") the complete contents of the updated zone to its zone file. This is not done immediately after each dynamic update, because that would be too slow when a large zone is updated frequently. Instead, the dump is delayed by 15 minutes, allowing additional updates to take place.</P ><P >When a server is restarted after a shutdown or crash, it will replay the journal file to incorporate into the zone any updates that took place after the last zone dump.</P ><P >Changes that result from incoming incremental zone transfers are also journalled in a similar way.</P ><P >The zone files of dynamic zones cannot normally be edited by hand because they are not guaranteed to contain the most recent dynamic changes - those are only in the journal file. The only way to ensure that the zone file of a dynamic zone is up to date is to run <B CLASS="command" >rndc stop</B >.</P ><P >If you have to make changes to a dynamic zone manually, the following procedure will work: Shut down the server using <B CLASS="command" >rndc stop</B > (sending a signal or using <B CLASS="command" >rndc halt</B > is <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >not</I ></SPAN > sufficient). Wait for the server to exit, then <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >remove</I ></SPAN > the zone's <TT CLASS="filename" >.jnl</TT > file, edit the zone file, and restart the server. Removing the <TT CLASS="filename" >.jnl</TT > file is necessary because the manual edits will not be present in the journal, rendering it inconsistent with the contents of the zone file.</P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect1" ><H1 CLASS="sect1" ><A NAME="incremental_zone_transfers" >4.2. Incremental Zone Transfers (IXFR)</A ></H1 ><P >The incremental zone transfer (IXFR) protocol is a way for slave servers to transfer only changed data, instead of having to transfer the entire zone. The IXFR protocol is documented in RFC 1995. See <A HREF="Bv9ARM.ch09.html#proposed_standards" >Proposed Standards</A >.</P ><P >When acting as a master, <SPAN CLASS="acronym" >BIND</SPAN > 9 supports IXFR for those zones where the necessary change history information is available. These include master zones maintained by dynamic update and slave zones whose data was obtained by IXFR, but not manually maintained master zones nor slave zones obtained by performing a full zone transfer (AXFR).</P ><P >When acting as a slave, <SPAN CLASS="acronym" >BIND</SPAN > 9 will attempt to use IXFR unless it is explicitly disabled. For more information about disabling IXFR, see the description of the <B CLASS="command" >request-ixfr</B > clause of the <B CLASS="command" >server</B > statement.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect1" ><H1 CLASS="sect1" ><A NAME="AEN727" >4.3. Split DNS</A ></H1 ><P >Setting up different views, or visibility, of DNS space to internal and external resolvers is usually referred to as a <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >Split DNS</I ></SPAN > setup. There are several reasons an organization would want to set up its DNS this way.</P ><P >One common reason for setting up a DNS system this way is to hide "internal" DNS information from "external" clients on the Internet. There is some debate as to whether or not this is actually useful. Internal DNS information leaks out in many ways (via email headers, for example) and most savvy "attackers" can find the information they need using other means.</P ><P >Another common reason for setting up a Split DNS system is to allow internal networks that are behind filters or in RFC 1918 space (reserved IP space, as documented in RFC 1918) to resolve DNS on the Internet. Split DNS can also be used to allow mail from outside back in to the internal network.</P ><P >Here is an example of a split DNS setup:</P ><P >Let's say a company named <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >Example, Inc.</I ></SPAN > (example.com) has several corporate sites that have an internal network with reserved Internet Protocol (IP) space and an external demilitarized zone (DMZ), or "outside" section of a network, that is available to the public.</P ><P ><SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >Example, Inc.</I ></SPAN > wants its internal clients to be able to resolve external hostnames and to exchange mail with people on the outside. The company also wants its internal resolvers to have access to certain internal-only zones that are not available at all outside of the internal network.</P ><P >In order to accomplish this, the company will set up two sets of nameservers. One set will be on the inside network (in the reserved IP space) and the other set will be on bastion hosts, which are "proxy" hosts that can talk to both sides of its network, in the DMZ.</P ><P >The internal servers will be configured to forward all queries, except queries for <TT CLASS="filename" >site1.internal</TT >, <TT CLASS="filename" >site2.internal</TT >, <TT CLASS="filename" >site1.example.com</TT >, and <TT CLASS="filename" >site2.example.com</TT >, to the servers in the DMZ. These internal servers will have complete sets of information for <TT CLASS="filename" >site1.example.com</TT >, <TT CLASS="filename" >site2.example.com</TT >,<SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" > </I ></SPAN ><TT CLASS="filename" >site1.internal</TT >, and <TT CLASS="filename" >site2.internal</TT >.</P ><P >To protect the <TT CLASS="filename" >site1.internal</TT > and <TT CLASS="filename" >site2.internal</TT > domains, the internal nameservers must be configured to disallow all queries to these domains from any external hosts, including the bastion hosts.</P ><P >The external servers, which are on the bastion hosts, will be configured to serve the "public" version of the <TT CLASS="filename" >site1</TT > and <TT CLASS="filename" >site2.example.com</TT > zones. This could include things such as the host records for public servers (<TT CLASS="filename" >www.example.com</TT > and <TT CLASS="filename" >ftp.example.com</TT >), and mail exchange (MX) records (<TT CLASS="filename" >a.mx.example.com</TT > and <TT CLASS="filename" >b.mx.example.com</TT >).</P ><P >In addition, the public <TT CLASS="filename" >site1</TT > and <TT CLASS="filename" >site2.example.com</TT > zones should have special MX records that contain wildcard (`*') records pointing to the bastion hosts. This is needed because external mail servers do not have any other way of looking up how to deliver mail to those internal hosts. With the wildcard records, the mail will be delivered to the bastion host, which can then forward it on to internal hosts.</P ><P >Here's an example of a wildcard MX record:</P ><PRE CLASS="programlisting" ><TT CLASS="literal" >* IN MX 10 external1.example.com.</TT ></PRE ><P >Now that they accept mail on behalf of anything in the internal network, the bastion hosts will need to know how to deliver mail to internal hosts. In order for this to work properly, the resolvers on the bastion hosts will need to be configured to point to the internal nameservers for DNS resolution.</P ><P >Queries for internal hostnames will be answered by the internal servers, and queries for external hostnames will be forwarded back out to the DNS servers on the bastion hosts.</P ><P >In order for all this to work properly, internal clients will need to be configured to query <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >only</I ></SPAN > the internal nameservers for DNS queries. This could also be enforced via selective filtering on the network.</P ><P >If everything has been set properly, <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >Example, Inc.</I ></SPAN >'s internal clients will now be able to:</P ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P >Look up any hostnames in the <TT CLASS="literal" >site1</TT > and <TT CLASS="literal" >site2.example.com</TT > zones.</P ></LI ><LI ><P >Look up any hostnames in the <TT CLASS="literal" >site1.internal</TT > and <TT CLASS="literal" >site2.internal</TT > domains.</P ></LI ><LI ><P >Look up any hostnames on the Internet.</P ></LI ><LI ><P >Exchange mail with internal AND external people.</P ></LI ></UL ><P >Hosts on the Internet will be able to:</P ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P >Look up any hostnames in the <TT CLASS="literal" >site1</TT > and <TT CLASS="literal" >site2.example.com</TT > zones.</P ></LI ><LI ><P >Exchange mail with anyone in the <TT CLASS="literal" >site1</TT > and <TT CLASS="literal" >site2.example.com</TT > zones.</P ></LI ></UL ><P >Here is an example configuration for the setup we just described above. Note that this is only configuration information; for information on how to configure your zone files, see <A HREF="Bv9ARM.ch03.html#sample_configuration" >Section 3.1</A ></P ><P >Internal DNS server config:</P ><PRE CLASS="programlisting" > acl internals { 172.16.72.0/24; 192.168.1.0/24; }; acl externals { <TT CLASS="varname" >bastion-ips-go-here</TT >; }; options { ... ... forward only; forwarders { // forward to external servers <TT CLASS="varname" >bastion-ips-go-here</TT >; }; allow-transfer { none; }; // sample allow-transfer (no one) allow-query { internals; externals; }; // restrict query access allow-recursion { internals; }; // restrict recursion ... ... }; zone "site1.example.com" { // sample master zone type master; file "m/site1.example.com"; forwarders { }; // do normal iterative // resolution (do not forward) allow-query { internals; externals; }; allow-transfer { internals; }; }; zone "site2.example.com" { type slave; file "s/site2.example.com"; masters { 172.16.72.3; }; forwarders { }; allow-query { internals; externals; }; allow-transfer { internals; }; }; zone "site1.internal" { type master; file "m/site1.internal"; forwarders { }; allow-query { internals; }; allow-transfer { internals; } }; zone "site2.internal" { type slave; file "s/site2.internal"; masters { 172.16.72.3; }; forwarders { }; allow-query { internals }; allow-transfer { internals; } }; </PRE ><P >External (bastion host) DNS server config:</P ><PRE CLASS="programlisting" > acl internals { 172.16.72.0/24; 192.168.1.0/24; }; acl externals { bastion-ips-go-here; }; options { ... ... allow-transfer { none; }; // sample allow-transfer (no one) allow-query { internals; externals; }; // restrict query access allow-recursion { internals; externals; }; // restrict recursion ... ... }; zone "site1.example.com" { // sample slave zone type master; file "m/site1.foo.com"; allow-query { any; }; allow-transfer { internals; externals; }; }; zone "site2.example.com" { type slave; file "s/site2.foo.com"; masters { another_bastion_host_maybe; }; allow-query { any; }; allow-transfer { internals; externals; } }; </PRE ><P >In the <TT CLASS="filename" >resolv.conf</TT > (or equivalent) on the bastion host(s):</P ><PRE CLASS="programlisting" > search ... nameserver 172.16.72.2 nameserver 172.16.72.3 nameserver 172.16.72.4 </PRE ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect1" ><H1 CLASS="sect1" ><A NAME="tsig" >4.4. TSIG</A ></H1 ><P >This is a short guide to setting up Transaction SIGnatures (TSIG) based transaction security in <SPAN CLASS="acronym" >BIND</SPAN >. It describes changes to the configuration file as well as what changes are required for different features, including the process of creating transaction keys and using transaction signatures with <SPAN CLASS="acronym" >BIND</SPAN >.</P ><P ><SPAN CLASS="acronym" >BIND</SPAN > primarily supports TSIG for server to server communication. This includes zone transfer, notify, and recursive query messages. Resolvers based on newer versions of <SPAN CLASS="acronym" >BIND</SPAN > 8 have limited support for TSIG.</P ><P >TSIG might be most useful for dynamic update. A primary server for a dynamic zone should use access control to control updates, but IP-based access control is insufficient. Key-based access control is far superior, see <A HREF="Bv9ARM.ch09.html#proposed_standards" >Proposed Standards</A >. The <B CLASS="command" >nsupdate</B > program supports TSIG via the <TT CLASS="option" >-k</TT > and <TT CLASS="option" >-y</TT > command line options.</P ><DIV CLASS="sect2" ><H2 CLASS="sect2" ><A NAME="AEN818" >4.4.1. Generate Shared Keys for Each Pair of Hosts</A ></H2 ><P >A shared secret is generated to be shared between <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >host1</I ></SPAN > and <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >host2</I ></SPAN >. An arbitrary key name is chosen: "host1-host2.". The key name must be the same on both hosts.</P ><DIV CLASS="sect3" ><H3 CLASS="sect3" ><A NAME="AEN823" >4.4.1.1. Automatic Generation</A ></H3 ><P >The following command will generate a 128 bit (16 byte) HMAC-MD5 key as described above. Longer keys are better, but shorter keys are easier to read. Note that the maximum key length is 512 bits; keys longer than that will be digested with MD5 to produce a 128 bit key.</P ><P ><TT CLASS="userinput" ><B >dnssec-keygen -a hmac-md5 -b 128 -n HOST host1-host2.</B ></TT ></P ><P >The key is in the file <TT CLASS="filename" >Khost1-host2.+157+00000.private</TT >. Nothing directly uses this file, but the base-64 encoded string following "<TT CLASS="literal" >Key:</TT >" can be extracted from the file and used as a shared secret:</P ><PRE CLASS="programlisting" >Key: La/E5CjG9O+os1jq0a2jdA==</PRE ><P >The string "<TT CLASS="literal" >La/E5CjG9O+os1jq0a2jdA==</TT >" can be used as the shared secret.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect3" ><H3 CLASS="sect3" ><A NAME="AEN834" >4.4.1.2. Manual Generation</A ></H3 ><P >The shared secret is simply a random sequence of bits, encoded in base-64. Most ASCII strings are valid base-64 strings (assuming the length is a multiple of 4 and only valid characters are used), so the shared secret can be manually generated.</P ><P >Also, a known string can be run through <B CLASS="command" >mmencode</B > or a similar program to generate base-64 encoded data.</P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect2" ><H2 CLASS="sect2" ><A NAME="AEN839" >4.4.2. Copying the Shared Secret to Both Machines</A ></H2 ><P >This is beyond the scope of DNS. A secure transport mechanism should be used. This could be secure FTP, ssh, telephone, etc.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect2" ><H2 CLASS="sect2" ><A NAME="AEN842" >4.4.3. Informing the Servers of the Key's Existence</A ></H2 ><P >Imagine <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >host1</I ></SPAN > and <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >host 2</I ></SPAN > are both servers. The following is added to each server's <TT CLASS="filename" >named.conf</TT > file:</P ><PRE CLASS="programlisting" > key host1-host2. { algorithm hmac-md5; secret "La/E5CjG9O+os1jq0a2jdA=="; }; </PRE ><P >The algorithm, hmac-md5, is the only one supported by <SPAN CLASS="acronym" >BIND</SPAN >. The secret is the one generated above. Since this is a secret, it is recommended that either <TT CLASS="filename" >named.conf</TT > be non-world readable, or the key directive be added to a non-world readable file that is included by <TT CLASS="filename" >named.conf</TT >.</P ><P >At this point, the key is recognized. This means that if the server receives a message signed by this key, it can verify the signature. If the signature succeeds, the response is signed by the same key.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect2" ><H2 CLASS="sect2" ><A NAME="AEN854" >4.4.4. Instructing the Server to Use the Key</A ></H2 ><P >Since keys are shared between two hosts only, the server must be told when keys are to be used. The following is added to the <TT CLASS="filename" >named.conf</TT > file for <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >host1</I ></SPAN >, if the IP address of <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >host2</I ></SPAN > is 10.1.2.3:</P ><PRE CLASS="programlisting" > server 10.1.2.3 { keys { host1-host2. ;}; }; </PRE ><P >Multiple keys may be present, but only the first is used. This directive does not contain any secrets, so it may be in a world-readable file.</P ><P >If <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >host1</I ></SPAN > sends a message that is a request to that address, the message will be signed with the specified key. <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >host1</I ></SPAN > will expect any responses to signed messages to be signed with the same key.</P ><P >A similar statement must be present in <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >host2</I ></SPAN >'s configuration file (with <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >host1</I ></SPAN >'s address) for <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >host2</I ></SPAN > to sign request messages to <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >host1</I ></SPAN >.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect2" ><H2 CLASS="sect2" ><A NAME="AEN870" >4.4.5. TSIG Key Based Access Control</A ></H2 ><P ><SPAN CLASS="acronym" >BIND</SPAN > allows IP addresses and ranges to be specified in ACL definitions and <B CLASS="command" >allow-{ query | transfer | update }</B > directives. This has been extended to allow TSIG keys also. The above key would be denoted <B CLASS="command" >key host1-host2.</B ></P ><P >An example of an allow-update directive would be:</P ><PRE CLASS="programlisting" > allow-update { key host1-host2. ;}; </PRE ><P >This allows dynamic updates to succeed only if the request was signed by a key named "<B CLASS="command" >host1-host2.</B >".</P ><P >You may want to read about the more powerful <B CLASS="command" >update-policy</B > statement in <A HREF="Bv9ARM.ch06.html#dynamic_update_policies" >Section 6.2.22.4</A >.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect2" ><H2 CLASS="sect2" ><A NAME="AEN883" >4.4.6. Errors</A ></H2 ><P >The processing of TSIG signed messages can result in several errors. If a signed message is sent to a non-TSIG aware server, a FORMERR will be returned, since the server will not understand the record. This is a result of misconfiguration, since the server must be explicitly configured to send a TSIG signed message to a specific server.</P ><P >If a TSIG aware server receives a message signed by an unknown key, the response will be unsigned with the TSIG extended error code set to BADKEY. If a TSIG aware server receives a message with a signature that does not validate, the response will be unsigned with the TSIG extended error code set to BADSIG. If a TSIG aware server receives a message with a time outside of the allowed range, the response will be signed with the TSIG extended error code set to BADTIME, and the time values will be adjusted so that the response can be successfully verified. In any of these cases, the message's rcode is set to NOTAUTH.</P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect1" ><H1 CLASS="sect1" ><A NAME="AEN887" >4.5. TKEY</A ></H1 ><P ><B CLASS="command" >TKEY</B > is a mechanism for automatically generating a shared secret between two hosts. There are several "modes" of <B CLASS="command" >TKEY</B > that specify how the key is generated or assigned. <SPAN CLASS="acronym" >BIND</SPAN > implements only one of these modes, the Diffie-Hellman key exchange. Both hosts are required to have a Diffie-Hellman KEY record (although this record is not required to be present in a zone). The <B CLASS="command" >TKEY</B > process must use signed messages, signed either by TSIG or SIG(0). The result of <B CLASS="command" >TKEY</B > is a shared secret that can be used to sign messages with TSIG. <B CLASS="command" >TKEY</B > can also be used to delete shared secrets that it had previously generated.</P ><P >The <B CLASS="command" >TKEY</B > process is initiated by a client or server by sending a signed <B CLASS="command" >TKEY</B > query (including any appropriate KEYs) to a TKEY-aware server. The server response, if it indicates success, will contain a <B CLASS="command" >TKEY</B > record and any appropriate keys. After this exchange, both participants have enough information to determine the shared secret; the exact process depends on the <B CLASS="command" >TKEY</B > mode. When using the Diffie-Hellman <B CLASS="command" >TKEY</B > mode, Diffie-Hellman keys are exchanged, and the shared secret is derived by both participants.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect1" ><H1 CLASS="sect1" ><A NAME="AEN902" >4.6. SIG(0)</A ></H1 ><P ><SPAN CLASS="acronym" >BIND</SPAN > 9 partially supports DNSSEC SIG(0) transaction signatures as specified in RFC 2535. SIG(0) uses public/private keys to authenticate messages. Access control is performed in the same manner as TSIG keys; privileges can be granted or denied based on the key name.</P ><P >When a SIG(0) signed message is received, it will only be verified if the key is known and trusted by the server; the server will not attempt to locate and/or validate the key.</P ><P >SIG(0) signing of multiple-message TCP streams is not supported.</P ><P ><SPAN CLASS="acronym" >BIND</SPAN > 9 does not ship with any tools that generate SIG(0) signed messages.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect1" ><H1 CLASS="sect1" ><A NAME="DNSSEC" >4.7. DNSSEC</A ></H1 ><P >Cryptographic authentication of DNS information is possible through the DNS Security (<SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >DNSSEC</I ></SPAN >) extensions, defined in RFC 2535. This section describes the creation and use of DNSSEC signed zones.</P ><P >In order to set up a DNSSEC secure zone, there are a series of steps which must be followed. <SPAN CLASS="acronym" >BIND</SPAN > 9 ships with several tools that are used in this process, which are explained in more detail below. In all cases, the "<TT CLASS="option" >-h</TT >" option prints a full list of parameters. Note that the DNSSEC tools require the keyset and signedkey files to be in the working directory, and that the tools shipped with BIND 9.0.x are not fully compatible with the current ones.</P ><P >There must also be communication with the administrators of the parent and/or child zone to transmit keys and signatures. A zone's security status must be indicated by the parent zone for a DNSSEC capable resolver to trust its data.</P ><P >For other servers to trust data in this zone, they must either be statically configured with this zone's zone key or the zone key of another zone above this one in the DNS tree.</P ><DIV CLASS="sect2" ><H2 CLASS="sect2" ><A NAME="AEN919" >4.7.1. Generating Keys</A ></H2 ><P >The <B CLASS="command" >dnssec-keygen</B > program is used to generate keys.</P ><P >A secure zone must contain one or more zone keys. The zone keys will sign all other records in the zone, as well as the zone keys of any secure delegated zones. Zone keys must have the same name as the zone, a name type of <B CLASS="command" >ZONE</B >, and must be usable for authentication. It is recommended that zone keys use a cryptographic algorithm designated as "mandatory to implement" by the IETF; currently these are RSASHA1 (which is not yet supported in BIND 9.2) and DSA.</P ><P >The following command will generate a 768 bit DSA key for the <TT CLASS="filename" >child.example</TT > zone:</P ><P ><TT CLASS="userinput" ><B >dnssec-keygen -a DSA -b 768 -n ZONE child.example.</B ></TT ></P ><P >Two output files will be produced: <TT CLASS="filename" >Kchild.example.+003+12345.key</TT > and <TT CLASS="filename" >Kchild.example.+003+12345.private</TT > (where 12345 is an example of a key tag). The key file names contain the key name (<TT CLASS="filename" >child.example.</TT >), algorithm (3 is DSA, 1 is RSA, etc.), and the key tag (12345 in this case). The private key (in the <TT CLASS="filename" >.private</TT > file) is used to generate signatures, and the public key (in the <TT CLASS="filename" >.key</TT > file) is used for signature verification.</P ><P >To generate another key with the same properties (but with a different key tag), repeat the above command.</P ><P >The public keys should be inserted into the zone file with <B CLASS="command" >$INCLUDE</B > statements, including the <TT CLASS="filename" >.key</TT > files.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect2" ><H2 CLASS="sect2" ><A NAME="AEN939" >4.7.2. Creating a Keyset</A ></H2 ><P >The <B CLASS="command" >dnssec-makekeyset</B > program is used to create a key set from one or more keys.</P ><P >Once the zone keys have been generated, a key set must be built for transmission to the administrator of the parent zone, so that the parent zone can sign the keys with its own zone key and correctly indicate the security status of this zone. When building a key set, the list of keys to be included and the TTL of the set must be specified, and the desired signature validity period of the parent's signature may also be specified.</P ><P >The list of keys to be inserted into the key set may also included non-zone keys present at the top of the zone. <B CLASS="command" >dnssec-makekeyset</B > may also be used at other names in the zone.</P ><P >The following command generates a key set containing the above key and another key similarly generated, with a TTL of 3600 and a signature validity period of 10 days starting from now.</P ><P ><TT CLASS="userinput" ><B >dnssec-makekeyset -t 3600 -e +864000 Kchild.example.+003+12345 Kchild.example.+003+23456</B ></TT ></P ><P >One output file is produced: <TT CLASS="filename" >keyset-child.example.</TT >. This file should be transmitted to the parent to be signed. It includes the keys, as well as signatures over the key set generated by the zone keys themselves, which are used to prove ownership of the private keys and encode the desired validity period.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect2" ><H2 CLASS="sect2" ><A NAME="AEN951" >4.7.3. Signing the Child's Keyset</A ></H2 ><P >The <B CLASS="command" >dnssec-signkey</B > program is used to sign one child's keyset.</P ><P >If the <TT CLASS="filename" >child.example</TT > zone has any delegations which are secure, for example, <TT CLASS="filename" >grand.child.example</TT >, the <TT CLASS="filename" >child.example</TT > administrator should receive keyset files for each secure subzone. These keys must be signed by this zone's zone keys.</P ><P >The following command signs the child's key set with the zone keys:</P ><P ><TT CLASS="userinput" ><B >dnssec-signkey keyset-grand.child.example. Kchild.example.+003+12345 Kchild.example.+003+23456</B ></TT ></P ><P >One output file is produced: <TT CLASS="filename" >signedkey-grand.child.example.</TT >. This file should be both transmitted back to the child and retained. It includes all keys (the child's keys) from the keyset file and signatures generated by this zone's zone keys.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect2" ><H2 CLASS="sect2" ><A NAME="AEN964" >4.7.4. Signing the Zone</A ></H2 ><P >The <B CLASS="command" >dnssec-signzone</B > program is used to sign a zone.</P ><P >Any <TT CLASS="filename" >signedkey</TT > files corresponding to secure subzones should be present, as well as a <TT CLASS="filename" >signedkey</TT > file for this zone generated by the parent (if there is one). The zone signer will generate <TT CLASS="literal" >NXT</TT > and <TT CLASS="literal" >SIG</TT > records for the zone, as well as incorporate the zone key signature from the parent and indicate the security status at all delegation points.</P ><P >The following command signs the zone, assuming it is in a file called <TT CLASS="filename" >zone.child.example</TT >. By default, all zone keys which have an available private key are used to generate signatures.</P ><P ><TT CLASS="userinput" ><B >dnssec-signzone -o child.example zone.child.example</B ></TT ></P ><P >One output file is produced: <TT CLASS="filename" >zone.child.example.signed</TT >. This file should be referenced by <TT CLASS="filename" >named.conf</TT > as the input file for the zone.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect2" ><H2 CLASS="sect2" ><A NAME="AEN980" >4.7.5. Configuring Servers</A ></H2 ><P >Unlike in <SPAN CLASS="acronym" >BIND</SPAN > 8, data is not verified on load in <SPAN CLASS="acronym" >BIND</SPAN > 9, so zone keys for authoritative zones do not need to be specified in the configuration file.</P ><P >The public key for any security root must be present in the configuration file's <B CLASS="command" >trusted-keys</B > statement, as described later in this document. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect1" ><H1 CLASS="sect1" ><A NAME="AEN987" >4.8. IPv6 Support in <SPAN CLASS="acronym" >BIND</SPAN > 9</A ></H1 ><P ><SPAN CLASS="acronym" >BIND</SPAN > 9 fully supports all currently defined forms of IPv6 name to address and address to name lookups. It will also use IPv6 addresses to make queries when running on an IPv6 capable system.</P ><P >For forward lookups, <SPAN CLASS="acronym" >BIND</SPAN > 9 supports both A6 and AAAA records. The use of AAAA records is deprecated, but it is still useful for hosts to have both AAAA and A6 records to maintain backward compatibility with installations where AAAA records are still used. In fact, the stub resolvers currently shipped with most operating system support only AAAA lookups, because following A6 chains is much harder than doing A or AAAA lookups.</P ><P >For IPv6 reverse lookups, <SPAN CLASS="acronym" >BIND</SPAN > 9 supports the new "bitstring" format used in the <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >ip6.arpa</I ></SPAN > domain, as well as the older, deprecated "nibble" format used in the <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >ip6.int</I ></SPAN > domain.</P ><P ><SPAN CLASS="acronym" >BIND</SPAN > 9 includes a new lightweight resolver library and resolver daemon which new applications may choose to use to avoid the complexities of A6 chain following and bitstring labels, see <A HREF="Bv9ARM.ch05.html" >Chapter 5</A >.</P ><P >For an overview of the format and structure of IPv6 addresses, see <A HREF="Bv9ARM.ch09.html#ipv6addresses" >Section A.3.1</A >.</P ><DIV CLASS="sect2" ><H2 CLASS="sect2" ><A NAME="AEN1003" >4.8.1. Address Lookups Using AAAA Records</A ></H2 ><P >The AAAA record is a parallel to the IPv4 A record. It specifies the entire address in a single record. For example,</P ><PRE CLASS="programlisting" > $ORIGIN example.com. host 3600 IN AAAA 3ffe:8050:201:1860:42::1 </PRE ><P >While their use is deprecated, they are useful to support older IPv6 applications. They should not be added where they are not absolutely necessary.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect2" ><H2 CLASS="sect2" ><A NAME="AEN1008" >4.8.2. Address Lookups Using A6 Records</A ></H2 ><P >The A6 record is more flexible than the AAAA record, and is therefore more complicated. The A6 record can be used to form a chain of A6 records, each specifying part of the IPv6 address. It can also be used to specify the entire record as well. For example, this record supplies the same data as the AAAA record in the previous example:</P ><PRE CLASS="programlisting" > $ORIGIN example.com. host 3600 IN A6 0 3ffe:8050:201:1860:42::1 </PRE ><DIV CLASS="sect3" ><H3 CLASS="sect3" ><A NAME="AEN1012" >4.8.2.1. A6 Chains</A ></H3 ><P >A6 records are designed to allow network renumbering. This works when an A6 record only specifies the part of the address space the domain owner controls. For example, a host may be at a company named "company." It has two ISPs which provide IPv6 address space for it. These two ISPs fully specify the IPv6 prefix they supply.</P ><P >In the company's address space:</P ><PRE CLASS="programlisting" > $ORIGIN example.com. host 3600 IN A6 64 0:0:0:0:42::1 company.example1.net. host 3600 IN A6 64 0:0:0:0:42::1 company.example2.net. </PRE ><P >ISP1 will use:</P ><PRE CLASS="programlisting" > $ORIGIN example1.net. company 3600 IN A6 0 3ffe:8050:201:1860:: </PRE ><P >ISP2 will use:</P ><PRE CLASS="programlisting" > $ORIGIN example2.net. company 3600 IN A6 0 1234:5678:90ab:fffa:: </PRE ><P >When <TT CLASS="literal" >host.example.com</TT > is looked up, the resolver (in the resolver daemon or caching name server) will find two partial A6 records, and will use the additional name to find the remainder of the data.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect3" ><H3 CLASS="sect3" ><A NAME="AEN1023" >4.8.2.2. A6 Records for DNS Servers</A ></H3 ><P >When an A6 record specifies the address of a name server, it should use the full address rather than specifying a partial address. For example:</P ><PRE CLASS="programlisting" > $ORIGIN example.com. @ 14400 IN NS ns0 14400 IN NS ns1 ns0 14400 IN A6 0 3ffe:8050:201:1860:42::1 ns1 14400 IN A 192.168.42.1 </PRE ><P >It is recommended that IPv4-in-IPv6 mapped addresses not be used. If a host has an IPv4 address, use an A record, not an A6, with <TT CLASS="literal" >::ffff:192.168.42.1</TT > as the address.</P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect2" ><H2 CLASS="sect2" ><A NAME="AEN1029" >4.8.3. Address to Name Lookups Using Nibble Format</A ></H2 ><P >While the use of nibble format to look up names is deprecated, it is supported for backwards compatibility with existing IPv6 applications.</P ><P >When looking up an address in nibble format, the address components are simply reversed, just as in IPv4, and <TT CLASS="literal" >ip6.int.</TT > is appended to the resulting name. For example, the following would provide reverse name lookup for a host with address <TT CLASS="literal" >3ffe:8050:201:1860:42::1</TT >.</P ><PRE CLASS="programlisting" > $ORIGIN 0.6.8.1.1.0.2.0.0.5.0.8.e.f.f.3.ip6.int. 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.4.0.0 14400 IN PTR host.example.com. </PRE ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect2" ><H2 CLASS="sect2" ><A NAME="AEN1036" >4.8.4. Address to Name Lookups Using Bitstring Format</A ></H2 ><P >Bitstring labels can start and end on any bit boundary, rather than on a multiple of 4 bits as in the nibble format. They also use <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >ip6.arpa</I ></SPAN > rather than <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >ip6.int</I ></SPAN >.</P ><P >To replicate the previous example using bitstrings:</P ><PRE CLASS="programlisting" > $ORIGIN \[x3ffe805002011860/64].ip6.arpa. \[x0042000000000001/64] 14400 IN PTR host.example.com. </PRE ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect2" ><H2 CLASS="sect2" ><A NAME="AEN1043" >4.8.5. Using DNAME for Delegation of IPv6 Reverse Addresses</A ></H2 ><P >In IPV6, the same host may have many addresses from many network providers. Since the trailing portion of the address usually remains constant, <B CLASS="command" >DNAME</B > can help reduce the number of zone files used for reverse mapping that need to be maintained.</P ><P >For example, consider a host which has two providers (<TT CLASS="literal" >example.net</TT > and <TT CLASS="literal" >example2.net</TT >) and therefore two IPv6 addresses. Since the host chooses its own 64 bit host address portion, the provider address is the only part that changes:</P ><PRE CLASS="programlisting" > $ORIGIN example.com. host IN A6 64 ::1234:5678:1212:5675 cust1.example.net. IN A6 64 ::1234:5678:1212:5675 subnet5.example2.net. $ORIGIN example.net. cust1 IN A6 48 0:0:0:dddd:: ipv6net.example.net. ipv6net IN A6 0 aa:bb:cccc:: $ORIGIN example2.net. subnet5 IN A6 48 0:0:0:1:: ipv6net2.example2.net. ipv6net2 IN A6 0 6666:5555:4:: </PRE ><P >This sets up forward lookups. To handle the reverse lookups, the provider <TT CLASS="literal" >example.net</TT > would have:</P ><PRE CLASS="programlisting" > $ORIGIN \[x00aa00bbcccc/48].ip6.arpa. \[xdddd/16] IN DNAME ipv6-rev.example.com. </PRE ><P >and <TT CLASS="literal" >example2.net</TT > would have:</P ><PRE CLASS="programlisting" > $ORIGIN \[x666655550004/48].ip6.arpa. \[x0001/16] IN DNAME ipv6-rev.example.com. </PRE ><P ><TT CLASS="literal" >example.com</TT > needs only one zone file to handle both of these reverse mappings:</P ><PRE CLASS="programlisting" > $ORIGIN ipv6-rev.example.com. \[x1234567812125675/64] IN PTR host.example.com. </PRE ></DIV ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="Bv9ARM.ch03.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="Bv9ARM.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="Bv9ARM.ch05.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Nameserver Configuration</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >The <SPAN CLASS="acronym" >BIND</SPAN > 9 Lightweight Resolver</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >