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Rendering BIND 8.2.3 Ultra Secure
How to securely install BIND 8.2.3 in a chroot jail with static binaries.
 
Chrooting a DNS server on Solaris
In response to the ongoing problems with DNS, I choose to constrain its operations via chroot. This document lays out the steps needed to build, confine, and test a DNS server. This is somewhat Solaris specific.
 
Dual Rooted DNS Servers
On a firewall system it may be desireable to run dual dns servers. This allows internal clients to have a local view of a domain, while external clients have a different view, being served from a different name server daemon/zone file.
 
DNS Security
This paper will address security issues involved with the DNS client/server architecture within a UNIX environment. Suggestions on securing DNS by preventing unauthorized zone transfers will also be discussed.
 
Chroot-BIND HowTo
This document describes installing the BIND 8 nameserver to run in a chroot jail and as a non-root user, to provide added security and minimise the potential effects of a security compromise.
 
Using BIND: Don't get spoofed again
With the recent publicity over the DNS spoofing attack against the InterNIC, it's become painfully obvious just how vulnerable the Internet's DNS infrastructure is.  This article will help you secure your servers that are exposed directly to the Internet.
 
Addressing Weaknesses in the DNS Protocol
An extremely thorough analysis of the problems and security weaknesses in the current implementation of DNS.  Includes an explanation of how these weaknesses can be exploited to break into a system.  PS format.
 
DNS and BIND Security Issues
A discussion of the problems that have plagued BIND and efforts to correct them.
 
Coding with the DNS Protocol
An excellent guide to C programming for DNS on the UDP and TCP packet level.
 
 

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