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  43 <a name="man.rndc.conf"></a><div class="titlepage"></div>
  44 <div class="refnamediv">
  45 <h2>Name</h2>
  46 <p><code class="filename">rndc.conf</code> &#8212; rndc configuration file</p>
  47 </div>
  48 <div class="refsynopsisdiv">
  49 <h2>Synopsis</h2>
  50 <div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">rndc.conf</code> </p></div>
  51 </div>
  52 <div class="refsect1" lang="en">
  53 <a name="id2637349"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
  54 <p><code class="filename">rndc.conf</code> is the configuration file
  55       for <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span>, the BIND 9 name server control
  56       utility.  This file has a similar structure and syntax to
  57       <code class="filename">named.conf</code>.  Statements are enclosed
  58       in braces and terminated with a semi-colon.  Clauses in
  59       the statements are also semi-colon terminated.  The usual
  60       comment styles are supported:
  61     </p>
  62 <p>
  63       C style: /* */
  64     </p>
  65 <p>
  66       C++ style: // to end of line
  67     </p>
  68 <p>
  69       Unix style: # to end of line
  70     </p>
  71 <p><code class="filename">rndc.conf</code> is much simpler than
  72       <code class="filename">named.conf</code>.  The file uses three
  73       statements: an options statement, a server statement
  74       and a key statement.
  75     </p>
  76 <p>
  77       The <code class="option">options</code> statement contains five clauses.
  78       The <code class="option">default-server</code> clause is followed by the
  79       name or address of a name server.  This host will be used when
  80       no name server is given as an argument to
  81       <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span>.  The <code class="option">default-key</code>
  82       clause is followed by the name of a key which is identified by
  83       a <code class="option">key</code> statement.  If no
  84       <code class="option">keyid</code> is provided on the rndc command line,
  85       and no <code class="option">key</code> clause is found in a matching
  86       <code class="option">server</code> statement, this default key will be
  87       used to authenticate the server's commands and responses.  The
  88       <code class="option">default-port</code> clause is followed by the port
  89       to connect to on the remote name server.  If no
  90       <code class="option">port</code> option is provided on the rndc command
  91       line, and no <code class="option">port</code> clause is found in a
  92       matching <code class="option">server</code> statement, this default port
  93       will be used to connect.
  94       The <code class="option">default-source-address</code> and
  95       <code class="option">default-source-address-v6</code> clauses which
  96       can be used to set the IPv4 and IPv6 source addresses
  97       respectively.
  98     </p>
  99 <p>
 100       After the <code class="option">server</code> keyword, the server
 101       statement includes a string which is the hostname or address
 102       for a name server.  The statement has three possible clauses:
 103       <code class="option">key</code>, <code class="option">port</code> and
 104       <code class="option">addresses</code>. The key name must match the
 105       name of a key statement in the file.  The port number
 106       specifies the port to connect to.  If an <code class="option">addresses</code>
 107       clause is supplied these addresses will be used instead of
 108       the server name.  Each address can take an optional port.
 109       If an <code class="option">source-address</code> or <code class="option">source-address-v6</code>
 110       of supplied then these will be used to specify the IPv4 and IPv6
 111       source addresses respectively.
 112     </p>
 113 <p>
 114       The <code class="option">key</code> statement begins with an identifying
 115       string, the name of the key.  The statement has two clauses.
 116       <code class="option">algorithm</code> identifies the encryption algorithm
 117       for <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span> to use; currently only HMAC-MD5
 118       is
 119       supported.  This is followed by a secret clause which contains
 120       the base-64 encoding of the algorithm's encryption key.  The
 121       base-64 string is enclosed in double quotes.
 122     </p>
 123 <p>
 124       There are two common ways to generate the base-64 string for the
 125       secret.  The BIND 9 program <span><strong class="command">rndc-confgen</strong></span>
 126       can
 127       be used to generate a random key, or the
 128       <span><strong class="command">mmencode</strong></span> program, also known as
 129       <span><strong class="command">mimencode</strong></span>, can be used to generate a
 130       base-64
 131       string from known input.  <span><strong class="command">mmencode</strong></span> does
 132       not
 133       ship with BIND 9 but is available on many systems.  See the
 134       EXAMPLE section for sample command lines for each.
 135     </p>
 136 </div>
 137 <div class="refsect1" lang="en">
 138 <a name="id2637521"></a><h2>EXAMPLE</h2>
 139 <pre class="programlisting">
 140       options {
 141         default-server  localhost;
 142         default-key     samplekey;
 143       };
 144 </pre>
 145 <p>
 146     </p>
 147 <pre class="programlisting">
 148       server localhost {
 149         key             samplekey;
 150       };
 151 </pre>
 152 <p>
 153     </p>
 154 <pre class="programlisting">
 155       server testserver {
 156         key             testkey;
 157         addresses       { localhost port 5353; };
 158       };
 159 </pre>
 160 <p>
 161     </p>
 162 <pre class="programlisting">
 163       key samplekey {
 164         algorithm       hmac-md5;
 165         secret          "6FMfj43Osz4lyb24OIe2iGEz9lf1llJO+lz";
 166       };
 167 </pre>
 168 <p>
 169     </p>
 170 <pre class="programlisting">
 171       key testkey {
 172         algorithm       hmac-md5;
 173         secret          "R3HI8P6BKw9ZwXwN3VZKuQ==";
 174       };
 175     </pre>
 176 <p>
 177     </p>
 178 <p>
 179       In the above example, <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span> will by
 180       default use
 181       the server at localhost (127.0.0.1) and the key called samplekey.
 182       Commands to the localhost server will use the samplekey key, which
 183       must also be defined in the server's configuration file with the
 184       same name and secret.  The key statement indicates that samplekey
 185       uses the HMAC-MD5 algorithm and its secret clause contains the
 186       base-64 encoding of the HMAC-MD5 secret enclosed in double quotes.
 187     </p>
 188 <p>
 189       If <span><strong class="command">rndc -s testserver</strong></span> is used then <span><strong class="command">rndc</strong></span> will
 190       connect to server on localhost port 5353 using the key testkey.
 191     </p>
 192 <p>
 193       To generate a random secret with <span><strong class="command">rndc-confgen</strong></span>:
 194     </p>
 195 <p><strong class="userinput"><code>rndc-confgen</code></strong>
 196     </p>
 197 <p>
 198       A complete <code class="filename">rndc.conf</code> file, including
 199       the
 200       randomly generated key, will be written to the standard
 201       output.  Commented-out <code class="option">key</code> and
 202       <code class="option">controls</code> statements for
 203       <code class="filename">named.conf</code> are also printed.
 204     </p>
 205 <p>
 206       To generate a base-64 secret with <span><strong class="command">mmencode</strong></span>:
 207     </p>
 208 <p><strong class="userinput"><code>echo "known plaintext for a secret" | mmencode</code></strong>
 209     </p>
 210 </div>
 211 <div class="refsect1" lang="en">
 212 <a name="id2637642"></a><h2>NAME SERVER CONFIGURATION</h2>
 213 <p>
 214       The name server must be configured to accept rndc connections and
 215       to recognize the key specified in the <code class="filename">rndc.conf</code>
 216       file, using the controls statement in <code class="filename">named.conf</code>.
 217       See the sections on the <code class="option">controls</code> statement in the
 218       BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual for details.
 219     </p>
 220 </div>
 221 <div class="refsect1" lang="en">
 222 <a name="id2637668"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
 223 <p><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rndc</span>(8)</span>,
 224       <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">rndc-confgen</span>(8)</span>,
 225       <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mmencode</span>(1)</span>,
 226       <em class="citetitle">BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual</em>.
 227     </p>
 228 </div>
 229 <div class="refsect1" lang="en">
 230 <a name="id2637774"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2>
 231 <p><span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span>
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