Hiding BIND version in named.conf
Jim Reid
jim at rfc1035.com
Wed Jul 14 16:17:01 UTC 2004
>>>>> "Holger" == Thomaschewski, Holger (LDS) <Holger.Thomaschewski at lds.nrw.de> writes:
Holger> my problem is to hide the version of bind on my dns
Holger> server. Under RedHat8.0 and Bind 9.2.1 it's no problem. I
Holger> put the option:
Holger> version "anything else";=20
Holger> into my /etc/named.conf and it's OK. On my second NS
Holger> there runs Bind 8.1.2 under HP-UX 11.1 and=20 the NAMED
Holger> says by starting:
Holger> syntax error near 'version' =20
Holger> in my /var/log/messages. Where's the problem??
How are we supposed to know unless we see what's near "version" in
that named.conf file?
BTW, 8.1.2 is *very* old and has known security holes. It should be
replaced. See the ISC web site. Not that this has any bearing on the
syntax error in your named.conf file.
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