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Package: bind
Summary: A DNS (Domain Name System) server
Description: BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is an implementation of the DNS (domain Name System) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named), which resolves host names to IP addresses, and a resolver library (routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS). A DNS server allows clients to name resources or objects and share the information with other network machines. The named DNS server can be used on workstations as a caching name server, but is generally only needed on one machine for an entire network. Note that the configuration files for making BIND act as a simple caching nameserver are included in the caching-nameserver package.

Test Scenarios

Test case 1

Install bind and bind-utils. In this test, we will create a simple internal domain to test bind. Our test network is described below:

intranet.mydomain 			10.0.1.0/24	Internal network
mail.intranet.mydomain			10.0.1.8	Smtp server
dhcp010 to dhcp030.intranet.mydomain 	10.0.1.10 to	workstation addresses
					10.0.1.30
dns.intranet.mydomain			10.0.1.9	Internal DNS server
gateway.intranet.mydomain		10.0.1.1	Default output route.

Next, create the file /etc/named.conf as following:

// global options
options {
    directory "/var/named";
    allow-query { 127.0.0.1; 10.0.1.0/24; };
    allow-transfer { none; };
    notify no;

};

// root servers
zone "." {
    type hint;
    file "named.ca";
};

// reverse DNS
zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
    type master;
    file "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa";
};

// main domain
zone "intranet.mydomain" {
    type master;
    file "intranet.mydomain";
};

// main domain reverse DNS
zone "1.0.10.in-addr.arpa" {
    type master;
    file "1.0.10.in-addr.arpa";
};

// rndc key
key "rndc-key" {
    algorithm hmac-md5;
    secret "NqVZsacU5f1BK/+We21bng==";
};

// rndc control channel
controls {
    inet 127.0.0.1 port 953
        allow { 127.0.0.1; } keys { "rndc-key"; };
};

Now we generate the zone files. First, /var/named/intranet.mydomain, as follow:

$TTL 86400 ; TTL standard
$ORIGIN intranet.mydomain.

@	IN	SOA	dns.intranet.mydomain.	hostmaster.intranet.mydomain.	(
					1		; serial number
					10800		; refresh after 3 hours
					3600		; retry after 1 hour
					604800		; expire after 1 week
					86400	)	; 1 day minimum TTL

;
; nameserver
;
@	IN	NS	dns.intranet.mydomain.

;
; mailserver
; priority 10
@	IN	MX	10	mail.intranet.mydomain.

;
; server addresses
;
gateway		IN	A	10.0.1.1
mail		IN	A	10.0.1.8
dns		IN	A	10.0.1.9

;
; workstation addresses
;
$GENERATE 10-30 dhcp0$ A 10.0.1.$

;
; aliases
;
ns1	IN	CNAME	dns

;
; localhost is a exception
;
localhost	IN	A	127.0.0.1

Create the DNS reverse map /var/named/1.0.10.in-addr.arpa as following:

$TTL 86400
$ORIGIN 1.0.10.in-addr.arpa.

@	IN	SOA	dns.intranet.mydomain.	hostmaster.intranet.mydomain.	(
				1	; serial
				10800	; refresh after 3 hours
				3600	; retry after 1 hour
				604800	; expire after 1 week
				86400 )	; 1 day minimum TTL

;
; nameserver
;
@	IN	NS	dns.intranet.mydomain.

;
; reverse DNS of servers
;
1	IN	PTR	gateway.intranet.mydomain.
8	IN	PTR	mail.intranet.mydomain.
9	IN	PTR	dns.intranet.mydomain.

;
; reverse DNS of workstations
;
$GENERATE 10-30 $ PTR dhcp0$.intranet.mydomain.

Now the reverse map for local interface /var/named/0.0.127.in-addr.arpa:

$TTL 86400
$ORIGIN 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa.

@	IN	SOA	dns.intranet.mydomain.	hostmaster.intranet.mydomain. 	(
				1	; serial
				28800	; refresh
				14400	; retry
				3600000	; expire
				86400 )	; minimum

;
; nameserver
;
@	IN	NS	dns.intranet.mydomain.

;
; only this entry
;
1	IN	PTR	localhost.

Test procedure: Run on a terminal:

1. Start bind: service named start

2. Zone transfer must be denied:

dig +short @127.0.0.1 intranet.mydomain axfr
; Transfer failed

3. IP address for dhcp019.intranet.mydomain:

dig +short @127.0.0.1 dhcp019.intranet.mydomain
10.0.1.19

4. Reverse DNS for 10.0.1.19:

dig +short @127.0.0.1 -x 10.0.1.19
dhcp019.intranet.mydomain

5. MX register:

dig +short @127.0.0.1 intranet.mydomain mx
10 mail.intranet.mydomain

6. Start Of Authority (SOA):

dig +short @127.0.0.1 intranet.mydomain soa
dns.intranet.mydomain. hostmaster.intranet.mydomain 1 10800 3600 604800 86400

7. Nameserver cname:

dig +short @127.0.0.1 ns1.intranet.mydomain cname
dns.intranet.mydomain

8. Localhost reverse address:

dig +short @127.0.0.1 -x 127.0.0.1
localhost.

Testing Results

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