options { listen-on { 127.0.0.1 }; };
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Browse All TopicsIs it possible to configure BIND to only listen to querries made from the local computer? I'd like to setup BIND for use on a mail server to cache dns requests locally but I do not want outside people from seeing that I'm running bind on this box. Is this possible?
OS = FreeBSD 4.9-Release
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by: beefdartPosted on 2004-02-18 at 10:26:33ID: 10395132
Sure...
dHat-8.0/R eference/s 1-bind- con figuration .html
in you named.conf file you need something like this:
acl allow-localhost {
127.0.0.1;
};
options {
allow-query { allow-localhost; };
allow-recursion { allow-localhost; };
}
By default, anyone can use the server, by adding an access control list, only specified hosts can.
More info: http://lug.lbl.gov/docs/Re
Ryan