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<!-- $Id: rndc.conf.docbook,v 1.4.206.4 2005/05/12 21:36:04 sra Exp $ -->
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<refentry>
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<refentryinfo>
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<date>June 30, 2000</date>
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</refentryinfo>
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle><filename>rndc.conf</filename></refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
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<refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>
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</refmeta>
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<docinfo>
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<copyright>
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<year>2004</year>
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<year>2005</year>
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<holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>
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</copyright>
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<copyright>
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<year>2000</year>
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<year>2001</year>
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<holder>Internet Software Consortium.</holder>
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</copyright>
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</docinfo>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname><filename>rndc.conf</filename></refname>
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<refpurpose>rndc configuration file</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<cmdsynopsis>
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<command>rndc.conf</command>
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</cmdsynopsis>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
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<para>
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<filename>rndc.conf</filename> is the configuration file
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for <command>rndc</command>, the BIND 9 name server control
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utility. This file has a similar structure and syntax to
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<filename>named.conf</filename>. Statements are enclosed
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in braces and terminated with a semi-colon. Clauses in
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the statements are also semi-colon terminated. The usual
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comment styles are supported:
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</para>
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<para>
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C style: /* */
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</para>
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<para>
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C++ style: // to end of line
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</para>
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<para>
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Unix style: # to end of line
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</para>
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<para>
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<filename>rndc.conf</filename> is much simpler than
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<filename>named.conf</filename>. The file uses three
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statements: an options statement, a server statement
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and a key statement.
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</para>
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<para>
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The <option>options</option> statement contains three clauses.
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The <option>default-server</option> clause is followed by the
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name or address of a name server. This host will be used when
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no name server is given as an argument to
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<command>rndc</command>. The <option>default-key</option>
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clause is followed by the name of a key which is identified by
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a <option>key</option> statement. If no
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<option>keyid</option> is provided on the rndc command line,
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and no <option>key</option> clause is found in a matching
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<option>server</option> statement, this default key will be
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used to authenticate the server's commands and responses. The
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<option>default-port</option> clause is followed by the port
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to connect to on the remote name server. If no
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<option>port</option> option is provided on the rndc command
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line, and no <option>port</option> clause is found in a
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matching <option>server</option> statement, this default port
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will be used to connect.
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</para>
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<para>
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After the <option>server</option> keyword, the server statement
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includes a string which is the hostname or address for a name
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server. The statement has two possible clauses:
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<option>key</option> and <option>port</option>. The key name must
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match the name of a key statement in the file. The port number
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specifies the port to connect to.
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</para>
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<para>
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The <option>key</option> statement begins with an identifying
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string, the name of the key. The statement has two clauses.
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<option>algorithm</option> identifies the encryption algorithm
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for <command>rndc</command> to use; currently only HMAC-MD5 is
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supported. This is followed by a secret clause which contains
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the base-64 encoding of the algorithm's encryption key. The
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base-64 string is enclosed in double quotes.
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</para>
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<para>
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There are two common ways to generate the base-64 string for the
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secret. The BIND 9 program <command>rndc-confgen</command> can
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be used to generate a random key, or the
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<command>mmencode</command> program, also known as
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<command>mimencode</command>, can be used to generate a base-64
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string from known input. <command>mmencode</command> does not
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ship with BIND 9 but is available on many systems. See the
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EXAMPLE section for sample command lines for each.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>EXAMPLE</title>
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<programlisting>
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options {
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default-server localhost;
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default-key samplekey;
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};
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server localhost {
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key samplekey;
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};
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key samplekey {
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algorithm hmac-md5;
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secret "c3Ryb25nIGVub3VnaCBmb3IgYSBtYW4gYnV0IG1hZGUgZm9yIGEgd29tYW4K";
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};
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</programlisting>
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<para>
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In the above example, <command>rndc</command> will by default use
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the server at localhost (127.0.0.1) and the key called samplekey.
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Commands to the localhost server will use the samplekey key, which
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must also be defined in the server's configuration file with the
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same name and secret. The key statement indicates that samplekey
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uses the HMAC-MD5 algorithm and its secret clause contains the
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base-64 encoding of the HMAC-MD5 secret enclosed in double quotes.
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</para>
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<para>
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To generate a random secret with <command>rndc-confgen</command>:
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</para>
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<para>
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<userinput>rndc-confgen</userinput>
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</para>
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<para>
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A complete <filename>rndc.conf</filename> file, including the
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randomly generated key, will be written to the standard
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output. Commented out <option>key</option> and
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<option>controls</option> statements for
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<filename>named.conf</filename> are also printed.
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</para>
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<para>
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To generate a base-64 secret with <command>mmencode</command>:
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</para>
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<para>
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<userinput>echo "known plaintext for a secret" | mmencode</userinput>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>NAME SERVER CONFIGURATION</title>
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<para>
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The name server must be configured to accept rndc connections and
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to recognize the key specified in the <filename>rndc.conf</filename>
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file, using the controls statement in <filename>named.conf</filename>.
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See the sections on the <option>controls</option> statement in the
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BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual for details.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>SEE ALSO</title>
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<para>
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<citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>rndc</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>rndc-confgen</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry>
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<refentrytitle>mmencode</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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</citerefentry>,
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<citetitle>BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</citetitle>.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>AUTHOR</title>
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<para>
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<corpauthor>Internet Systems Consortium</corpauthor>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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