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<title>rndc.conf</title>
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<body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en">
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<a name="id2463721"></a><div class="titlepage"></div>
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<div class="refnamediv">
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<h2>Name</h2>
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<p><code class="filename">rndc.conf</code> — rndc configuration file</p>
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<div class="refsynopsisdiv">
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<h2>Synopsis</h2>
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<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">rndc.conf</code> </p></div>
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<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
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<a name="id2525833"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
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<p>
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<code class="filename">rndc.conf</code> is the configuration file
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for <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span>, the BIND 9 name server control
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utility. This file has a similar structure and syntax to
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<code class="filename">named.conf</code>. 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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C style: /* */
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C++ style: // to end of line
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Unix style: # to end of line
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<p>
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<code class="filename">rndc.conf</code> is much simpler than
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<code class="filename">named.conf</code>. 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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</p>
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<p>
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The <code class="option">options</code> statement contains three clauses.
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The <code class="option">default-server</code> 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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<span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span>. The <code class="option">default-key</code>
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clause is followed by the name of a key which is identified by
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a <code class="option">key</code> statement. If no
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<code class="option">keyid</code> is provided on the rndc command line,
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and no <code class="option">key</code> clause is found in a matching
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<code class="option">server</code> statement, this default key will be
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used to authenticate the server's commands and responses. The
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<code class="option">default-port</code> clause is followed by the port
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to connect to on the remote name server. If no
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<code class="option">port</code> option is provided on the rndc command
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line, and no <code class="option">port</code> clause is found in a
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matching <code class="option">server</code> statement, this default port
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will be used to connect.
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</p>
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<p>
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After the <code class="option">server</code> 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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<code class="option">key</code> and <code class="option">port</code>. 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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</p>
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<p>
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The <code class="option">key</code> statement begins with an identifying
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string, the name of the key. The statement has two clauses.
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<code class="option">algorithm</code> identifies the encryption algorithm
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for <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span> 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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</p>
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<p>
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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 <span><strong class="command">rndc-confgen</strong></span> can
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be used to generate a random key, or the
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<span><strong class="command">mmencode</strong></span> program, also known as
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<span><strong class="command">mimencode</strong></span>, can be used to generate a base-64
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string from known input. <span><strong class="command">mmencode</strong></span> 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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</p>
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</div>
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<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
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<a name="id2525968"></a><h2>EXAMPLE</h2>
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<pre class="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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</pre>
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<p>
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In the above example, <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span> 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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</p>
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<p>
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To generate a random secret with <span><strong class="command">rndc-confgen</strong></span>:
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</p>
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<p>
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<strong class="userinput"><code>rndc-confgen</code></strong>
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</p>
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<p>
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A complete <code class="filename">rndc.conf</code> file, including the
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randomly generated key, will be written to the standard
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output. Commented out <code class="option">key</code> and
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<code class="option">controls</code> statements for
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<code class="filename">named.conf</code> are also printed.
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</p>
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<p>
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To generate a base-64 secret with <span><strong class="command">mmencode</strong></span>:
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</p>
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<p>
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<strong class="userinput"><code>echo "known plaintext for a secret" | mmencode</code></strong>
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</p>
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</div>
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<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
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<a name="id2526028"></a><h2>NAME SERVER CONFIGURATION</h2>
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<p>
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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 <code class="filename">rndc.conf</code>
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file, using the controls statement in <code class="filename">named.conf</code>.
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See the sections on the <code class="option">controls</code> statement in the
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BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual for details.
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</p>
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</div>
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<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
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<a name="id2526049"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
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<p>
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<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rndc</span>(8)</span>,
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<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rndc-confgen</span>(8)</span>,
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<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mmencode</span>(1)</span>,
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<em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</em>.
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</p>
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</div>
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<div class="refsect1" lang="en">
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<a name="id2526091"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2>
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<p>
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<span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span>
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