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

4. Advanced DNS Features

Notify

Dynamic Update

The journal file

Incremental Zone Transfers (IXFR)

Split DNS

TSIG

Generate Shared Keys for Each Pair of Hosts

Copying the Shared Secret to Both Machines

Informing the Servers of the Key's Existence

Instructing the Server to Use the Key

TSIG Key Based Access Control

Errors

TKEY

SIG(0)

DNSSEC

Generating Keys

Signing the Zone

Configuring Servers

IPv6 Support in BIND 9

Address Lookups Using AAAA Records

Address to Name Lookups Using Nibble Format

5. The BIND 9 Lightweight Resolver

The Lightweight Resolver Library

Running a Resolver Daemon

6. 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

lwres Statement Grammar

lwres 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

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

7. BIND 9 Security Considerations

Access Control Lists

chroot and setuid

The chroot Environment

Using the setuid Function

Dynamic Update Security

8. Troubleshooting

Common Problems

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

Incrementing and Changing the Serial Number

Where Can I Get Help?

A. Appendices

Acknowledgments

A Brief History of the DNS and BIND

General DNS Reference Information

IPv6 addresses (AAAA)

Bibliography (and Suggested Reading)

Request for Comments (RFCs)

Internet Drafts

Other Documents About BIND

I. Manual pages

dig — DNS lookup utility

host — DNS lookup utility

dnssec-keygen — DNSSEC key generation tool

dnssec-signzone — DNSSEC zone signing tool

named-checkconf — named configuration file syntax checking tool

named-checkzone — zone file validity checking or converting tool

named — Internet domain name server

rndc — name server control utility

rndc.conf — rndc configuration file

rndc-confgen — rndc key generation tool