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From 402403b4bbb4f603693378e86b6c97997ccb0401 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Petr Mensik <pemensik@redhat.com>
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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 23:17:13 +0200
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Subject: [PATCH] Update man named with Red Hat specifics
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This is almost unmodified text and requires revalidation. Some of those
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statements are no longer correct.
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---
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 bin/named/named.rst | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/bin/named/named.rst b/bin/named/named.rst
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index ea440b2..fa51984 100644
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--- a/bin/named/named.rst
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+++ b/bin/named/named.rst
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@@ -212,6 +212,47 @@ Files
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 |named_pid|
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    The default process-id file.
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+Notes
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+~~~~~
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+
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+**Red Hat SELinux BIND Security Profile:**
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+
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+By default, Red Hat ships BIND with the most secure SELinux policy
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+that will not prevent normal BIND operation and will prevent exploitation
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+of all known BIND security vulnerabilities . See the selinux(8) man page
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+for information about SElinux.
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+
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+It is not necessary to run named in a chroot environment if the Red Hat
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+SELinux policy for named is enabled. When enabled, this policy is far
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+more secure than a chroot environment. Users are recommended to enable
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+SELinux and remove the bind-chroot package.
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+
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+*With this extra security comes some restrictions:*
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+
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+By default, the SELinux policy does not allow named to write any master
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+zone database files. Only the root user may create files in the $ROOTDIR/var/named
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+zone database file directory (the options { "directory" } option), where
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+$ROOTDIR is set in /etc/sysconfig/named.
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+
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+The "named" group must be granted read privelege to
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+these files in order for named to be enabled to read them.
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+
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+Any file created in the zone database file directory is automatically assigned
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+the SELinux file context *named_zone_t* .
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+
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+By default, SELinux prevents any role from modifying *named_zone_t* files; this
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+means that files in the zone database directory cannot be modified by dynamic
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+DNS (DDNS) updates or zone transfers.
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+
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+The Red Hat BIND distribution and SELinux policy creates three directories where
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+named is allowed to create and modify files: */var/named/slaves*, */var/named/dynamic*
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+*/var/named/data*. By placing files you want named to modify, such as
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+slave or DDNS updateable zone files and database / statistics dump files in
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+these directories, named will work normally and no further operator action is
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+required. Files in these directories are automatically assigned the '*named_cache_t*'
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+file context, which SELinux allows named to write.
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+
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+
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 See Also
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 ~~~~~~~~
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-- 
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2.34.1
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