Tools to automatically test the resolution speed ...

Hi Team, I'm going to get my team to script a tool to test the DNS resolution speed of our DNS Resolvers. Something that would give us a "MRTG like" output and can be used for KPIs. I use Namebench a lot for my own testing. Has anyone done any scripting with Namebench, GRC's DNS Benchmark, or

Anyone using Radware Appdirector 12016 XL in front of the resolvers?

Hi Team, My integrator is recommending the Radware Appdirector 12016 XL as load balancers in front of our resolvers. Does anyone have any experience or a POV on Radware? Thanks, Barry ___ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-use

Re: RPZ configuration examples

Hello Papdheen, ISC now has a knowledge base where more information is systematically being written and published. There is a whole section on DNSRPZ: https://kb.isc.org/category/110/0/10/Software-Products/BIND9/Features/DNSRPZ/ Each article allows for comments to improve the materials. We welc

Update: BIND 9 recursive error being investigated

Interm Security Advisory: http://www.isc.org/software/bind/advisories/cve-2011-tbd (CVE will be updated) Organizations across the Internet are reporting crashes interrupting service on BIND 9 nameservers performing recursive queries. Affected servers crash after logging an error in query.c with

Security Advisory: CVE-2011-2464 - ISC BIND 9 Remote packet Denial of Service against Authoritative and Recursive Servers

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 ISC BIND 9 Remote packet Denial of Service against Authoritative and Recursive Servers A specially constructed packet will cause BIND 9 ("named") to exit, affecting DNS service. CVE: CVE-2011-2464 Document Version: 2.0 Posting date: 05 Jul 2011

Security Advisory: CVE-2011-2465 ISC BIND 9 Remote Crash with Certain RPZ Configurations

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 ISC BIND 9 Remote Crash with Certain RPZ Configurations Two defects were discovered in ISC's BIND 9 code. These defects only affect BIND 9 servers which have recursion enabled and which use a specific feature of the software known as Response Policy

Please join us for our BIND 9.8 Feature Webinar and Roadmap (Tomorrow)

Hi Team, ISC will be conducting two BIND 9.8 Feature Webinars on March 2nd at 8:00 am PST and 4:00 pm PST. Please up using this URL: http://www.isc.org/webinars This is a new "feature" ISC, where we are educating our constituents as each new BIND feature is released. Stay tuned for BIND 9.9,