Hiding BIND version in named.conf

[Jim Reid]

>>>>> "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.