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| Subject: | Re: DNS ACL ? |
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| Date: | Sat, 12 Nov 2005 16:29:26 +0100 |
On Nov 11, 2005 at 0835 -0500, John Hally appeared and said:
[...] I need a sanity check regarding DNS ACLs. For external facing DNS servers you need to allow only udp/53 inbound, correct?
This should be ok. DNS traffic also has 53/UDP -> 53/UDP, so you have to take that into account when doing source port filtering.
I know tcp/53 is used for zone transfers and requests/replies greater than a certain size, but they shouldn't typically happen for general dns queries correct?
I think it is ok for pure DNS caches to use UDP only. DNS authorities need TCP for zone transfers. A cache can do without zone transfers. It is also a good idea to do some packet length limiting when designing filters, because there are ways to tunnel arbitrary traffic through DNS. Best, Lynx. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Audit your website security with Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner: Hackers are concentrating their efforts on attacking applications on your website. Up to 75% of cyber attacks are launched on shopping carts, forms, login pages, dynamic content etc. Firewalls, SSL and locked-down servers are futile against web application hacking. Check your website for vulnerabilities to SQL injection, Cross site scripting and other web attacks before hackers do! Download Trial at: http://www.securityfocus.com/sponsor/pen-test_050831 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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