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Hide DNS Software Version

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> </head> <body> <p><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Hide DNS Software Version</strong></span><br /><br />Sometimes a new vulnerability is found in DNS software and script kiddies are scanning the Internet to exploit unpatched systems. It's a best practice to hide software version on your DNS servers, although this is not a real protection it just makes a little harder to find your servers via scanning.<br /><br />Use dig command to find which version is running on your name servers:<br /><br /><span style="color: #0000ff;">$ dig +short @ns1.example.com version.bind txt chaos</span><br /><span style="color: #888888;">"9.8.2rc1-RedHat-9.8.2-0.23.rc1.el6_5.1"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Bind</strong></span><br /><br />To hide version in when using Bind, open named.conf configuration file using your favorite editor, go to options section and set a custom version string using version option.<br /><br />Example:<br /><br /><span style="color: #0000ff;">// /etc/named.conf</span><br /><span style="color: #0000ff;">options {</span><br /><span style="color: #0000ff;">  // Hide bind version</span><br /><span style="color: #0000ff;">  version "unknown";</span><br /><span style="color: #0000ff;">};</span><br /><br />Restart the server (use bind9 instead of named on systems based on Debian):<br /><br /><span style="color: #0000ff;">$ sudo service named restart</span><br /><span style="color: #888888;">Stopping named: .                                          [  OK  ]</span><br /><span style="color: #888888;">Starting named:                                            [  OK  ]</span><br /><br />Verify that server is returning new version string:<br /><br /><span style="color: #0000ff;">$ dig +short @ns1.example.com version.bind txt chaos</span><br /><span style="color: #888888;">"unknown"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Knot</strong></span><br /><br />Edit knot.conf and set version parameter in system section to off:<br /><br /><span style="color: #0000ff;">system {</span><br /><span style="color: #0000ff;">  # Used for answer to CH TXT 'version.server' or 'version.bind'</span><br /><span style="color: #0000ff;">  version off;</span><br /><span style="color: #0000ff;">}</span><br /><br />Restart the server to apply changes:<br /><br /><span style="color: #0000ff;">$ sudo service knot restart</span><br /><span style="color: #888888;">Stopping knot: .                                          [  OK  ]</span><br /><span style="color: #888888;">Starting knot:                                            [  OK  ]</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>NSD</strong></span><br /><br />Edit nsd.conf configuration file and set hide-version parameter to yes in server section.<br /><br /><span style="color: #0000ff;">server:</span><br /><span style="color: #0000ff;">  # /etc/nsd/nsd.conf</span><br /><span style="color: #0000ff;">  # Don't answer VERSION.BIND and VERSION.SERVER CHAOS class queries</span><br /><span style="color: #0000ff;">  hide-version: yes</span><br /><br />Restart NSD server:<br /><br /><span style="color: #0000ff;">$ sudo service nsd restart</span><br /><span style="color: #888888;">Stopping nsd:                                              [  OK  ]</span><br /><span style="color: #888888;">Starting nsd:                                              [  OK  ]</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Microsoft DNS</strong></span><br /><br />To control how the server responds to version query, use dnscmd command with EnableVersionQuery parameter. Possible values:<br /><br />    0x00000000 (DNS_VERSION_QUERY_OFF) No version information will be returned.<br />    0x00000001 (DNS_VERSION_QUERY_FULL) The server responds with major operating system version, minor operating system version, and operating system revision.<br />    0x00000002 (DNS_VERSION_QUERY_MINIMAL) The server responds with major operating system version and minor operating system version.<br /><br />Example:<br /><br /><span style="color: #0000ff;">dnscmd /config /EnableVersionQuery 0</span><br /><br />On Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, the default value is 0x00000001. On Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2, the default value is 0x00000000.</p> </body> </html>

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