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Open DNS servers

Discussion in 'Security' started by trichnosis, Apr 11, 2007.

  1. #1
    Hi;

    When I check my sites name servers dnsreport.com , i see "Open DNS servers" is red and it's writing "FAIL"

    I think this is security problem ?

    If it's a security problem , how can i solve it?

    My server is a linux server

    Thanks for your help
     
    trichnosis, Apr 11, 2007 IP
  2. hans

    hans Well-Known Member

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    #2
    it means that anyone in the world can use your DNS as a nameserver
    and if they would abuse it - millions of DNS queries from out there - like AOL etc could be processed on your machine :)
     
    hans, Apr 11, 2007 IP
  3. trichnosis

    trichnosis Prominent Member

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    #3
    so how i solve this problem?
     
    trichnosis, Apr 11, 2007 IP
  4. hans

    hans Well-Known Member

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    #4
    for your signature sites i see only 2 toally different NS
    TURKCEBILGI.NET
    and
    dnsmadeeasy.com

    none of them has the warning you mention
    without precise NS information there is no help possible

    assuming that you are talking about the NS turkcebilgi.net you have a number of warnings but NOT the mentioned one. the additional warnings

    warnings for turkcebilgi.net nameservers:

    1.
    Nameservers on separate class C's


    2.
    Single Point of Failure

    3.
    SOA REFRESH value

    4.
    SOA EXPIRE value

    in addition
    you have 1 FAIL

    1.
    Connect to mail servers

    warnings 1 and 2 can be solved by moving your NS to another location - at least one of the two should physically be at a different location, different server/different country/continent - for example by moving one of the 2 to a free DNS hosting service such as

    http://www.zoneedit.com

    since you appear to run the 2 a.m. NS on your machine - I recommend you make your machine hosted NS the primary ( master ) and your external the slave ( secondary ) to have both synchronized.

    remember to change the serial number of your NS if you make any changes

    If however you are talking about ANOTHER NS - then pls let me now which one to better help you
    usually the dnsreport.com NS reports contain a reference to the solution.

    for your reference
    http://tldp.org/HOWTO/DNS-HOWTO.html

    chapter

    6.2 Protecting against spoofing
    http://tldp.org/HOWTO/DNS-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.2

    gives you the configuration details for your security problem
     
    hans, Apr 11, 2007 IP
  5. Estevan

    Estevan Peon

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    #5
    hello
    by ssh open file named.conf
    pico /etc/named.conf

    find this line
    options {
    bellow add this
    recursion no;

    close file restart named service

    and no more open dns
     
    Estevan, Apr 11, 2007 IP
  6. trichnosis

    trichnosis Prominent Member

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    i'm sorry have forget to update this thread . i have solved my problem.

    * first type nano /etc/named.conf ssh

    * add acl "trusted" {mainip;nameserverips;127.0.0.1;};
    after the
    controls { inet 127.0.0.1 allow { localhost; } keys { "rndckey"; }; };

    * after this add

    allow-recursion { trusted; };
    allow-notify { trusted; };
    allow-transfer { trusted; };

    after the

    options {
    directory "/var/named";
    and at last restart your name server . problem will be solved
     
    trichnosis, Apr 11, 2007 IP
  7. popowich

    popowich Well-Known Member

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    #7

    Careful, if they were using the server as a resolver for themselves you'll knock them out of service. ;)

    -Raymond
     
    popowich, Apr 22, 2007 IP
  8. Outstrip

    Outstrip Peon

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    This applies for the VPS servers who are using virtuozzo or vmware :)

    Regards
     
    Outstrip, Apr 22, 2007 IP
  9. popowich

    popowich Well-Known Member

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    Keep growing the site and the rate of return will increase. ;)

    -Raymond
     
    popowich, Apr 22, 2007 IP