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h1. DNS

h2. Zone Management

h3. Adding a Zone

On each DNS server, master zone can be created/updated on _/etc/bind/masters/_. The ownership needs to be:

* _banya:_ if a user zone which should be updatable via the Banya service

* _root:bind_ in all other cases

The zone is declared in _host_vars/<dnsserver>/dns.yml_ and the playbook _playbooks/tenants/duckcorp/dns.yml_ is in charge of updating all configurations. Only the zone content is not Ansible managed.

h3. Updating a Zone

Edit the file _/etc/bind/masters/<zone-name>.zone_ on the primary master (Orfeo for all zones except DuckLand zones using Elwing).

Do not forget to update the serial!

Better to check the file validity before publishing the zone:

<pre>

named-checkzone <zone-name> <zone-file>

</pre>

Then to publish the zone (DNSSEC-signed zones too):

<pre>

rndc reload <zone-name>

</pre>

In case the zone is DNSSEC-signed, the publishing of keys in the parent zone is to be done manually (not automated yet); more details below.

h3. Reseting the Zone Serial

The serial needs to be increased by steps, as described "in this article":http://www.microhowto.info/howto/reset_the_serial_number_of_a_dns_zone.html.

h2. Secure Zone Transfers

To secure zone transfers, a TSIG key needs to be created and added on both sides. Beware the key name *must* be identical on both side. 

DNS server groups (servers allowed to request transfer) and keys can be defined in _host_vars/<dnsserver>/dns.yml_ and _host_vars/<dnsserver>/dns.vault.yml_ respectively. If they are to be used on all servers, then you can declare them in _group_vars/dns_servers/dns.yml_ and _group_vars/dns_servers/dns.vault.yml_ respectively.

You can a new key using:

<pre>

dnssec-keygen -a HMAC-SHA512 -b 512 -n HOST taiste

</pre>

Take the 'Key' part in 'Ktaiste.*.private' file, to put into the configuration.

The same playbook (_playbooks/tenants/duckcorp/dns.yml_) is used to update the configuration.

h2. DNSSEC

Here are notes about using Bind inline-signing and key management. Important fixes for inline-signing are expected in version 9.13 (so 9.14 stable), and hopefully more DNSSEC tooling improvements (like full KSK rollover scheduling).

All general info above about DNSSEC does not change, expecially the rollover steps are similar even if the tooling change, and testing the zone is identical.

The Ansible _bind_ role has been updated in a branch to be able to use Bind directly for DNSSEC. Our Ansible repository now tracks this branch (which still supports OpenDNSSEC) and add the necessary parameters to use it. Please look at the role's documentation to understand the inner technical details, this page is about administration of the solution.

h3. Introduction

Better read some documentation before fiddling with the controls:

* https://ftp.isc.org/isc/dnssec-guide/html/dnssec-guide.html

* https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-00711

* https://securityblog.switch.ch/2014/11/13/dnssec-signing-your-domain-with-bind-inline-signing/

Key materials are initially created by the role when a zone is declared in Ansible, so no need to do anything outside Ansible. Cleanup when a zone is removed is not yet done though. As Bind is not using the usual date-based zone serial, it can be less misleading to reset the serial (see dedicated chapter above).

h3. Zone Status

General zone info, including the real published serial (after signing, resigning if it happens, rollovers…) and planned signing events:

<pre>

rndc zonestatus <zone-name>

</pre>

h4. Zone Keys

To know which keys are currently signing a zone:

<pre>

rndc signing -list <zone-name>

</pre>

There is no way yet to know which is the KSK or ZSK without looking at the key materials. Keys are stored in _/etc/bind/keys_ and you can use the key ID to locate the corresponding file this way:

<pre>

ls /etc/bind/keys/K<zone-name>.+*+*<key-id>.key

</pre>

Inside you can read the key type (KSK/ZSK) and the lifetime schedule (so important rollover dates).

 _dnssec-keymgr_ is in charge of the key maintenance according to the policy. It is possible to alter the timing using the _dnssec-settime_ tool, for example to schedule an emergency rollover if a key is compromised.

In this case, after doing the modifications, Bind needs to be notififed using:

<pre>

rndc loadkeys <zone-name>

</pre>

h4. Parent Zone Publishing

To see if the zone keys are properly published in the parent zone:

<pre>

dnssec-checkds <zone-name>

</pre>

(SHA-1 is obsolete, so not published)

h3. Key Rollover

The ZSK key rollover is handled automatically by Bind (_dnssec-keymgr_ in crontab), so admins have nothing to do.

The KSK rollover implies contact with the parent zone and a manual step to get the DS entry in their zone is needed. Creating the new keys and planning the change is also done automatically using the same tool.

To get a view of the schedule (past events for currently involved keys are displayed too) (beware it is using UTC):

<pre>

dnssec-coverage -K /etc/bind/keys -m 1w -d 1d -k

</pre>

h3. KSK Rollover Workflow

Here are the states and what needs to be done:

* *created* state:

** new created key (new zone or key replacement), this key is not used yet

** action: wait

* *publish* state:

** the is added to the zone but not used to sign yet

** after the zone default TTL has passed, it is considered published

** action: wait for propagation

* *active* state:

** the key is used for signing

** action: export the key in DS format using the *dnssec-dsfromkey -2 <ksk-filename>* command (see previous chapter to get the absolute filename for the current KSK key, any of the _key_ or _private_ file would do)

** action: add the key to the parent zone

** after the DS TTL has passed, it is considered published and the zone is secured with the key

** action: wait for the next rollover

* *inactive* state:

** the key is no more used to sign but still published

** action: remove the DS key from the parent zone

* *deleted* state:

** the key is not published anymore

** action: when you're sure everything went fine, purge old keys (should be automated some day)

Currently we need to check manually when to do the KSK rollover. The coverage command above and _next key event_ in the zone info should help build a little script to warn us in time.

The plan in the long run is to use CDS/CDNSKEY (RFC 7344). Some interesting reading about an implementation:

  https://jpmens.net/2017/09/21/parents-children-cds-cdnskey-records-and-dnssec-cds/

h3. Checking a Zone

Test a Zone using a DNSSEC-enabled resolver:

<pre>

dig <zone-name> +dnssec

</pre>

You need to get the ad flag. If you get the aa flag, then you're interrogating one of the official NS for the zone, then try on another server to be sure your configuration is OK (remotely with *@<server>* as first command option).

Test a Zone using an external web tool:

* http://dnssec-debugger.verisignlabs.com/

* http://dnsviz.net/

h3. Forcing a policy change to be applied at once

Via Ansible it is possible to change the policy directly, then either wait a few hours or run _dnssec-keymgr_ manually (as _bind_ user).

h3. Unsecuring a Zone

First the DS needs to be removed from the parent zone, then we need to wait for the DS TTL to expire before unsigning.

The Ansible config can then be updated. Key materials need to be removed manually.

h3. Forcing an Early Rollover

Currently I'm not sure how it would interact with the _dnssec-keymgr_ operations so I need to test.

It is possible to do so: https://blog.webernetz.net/dnssec-ksk-emergency-rollover/

In our case we already do have pre-generated waiting keys scheduled to be injected, so changing the timing of the current key to reduce its lifetime and rerunning _dnssec-keymgr_ manually (as _bind_ user) should do the trick, but I need to test.

h2. Checking Servers

* "ISC EDNS Compliance Tester":https://ednscomp.isc.org/ednscomp/

h2. Problems

h3. receive_secure_serial: not exact

This means the inline-signing journal is corrupted and changes to the zone cannot be applied to the signed zoned.

Workaround:

<pre>

rndc sync -clean <zone>

rndc stop

</pre>

then bump the zone's serial and restart Bind, it should have solved the problem.