OPS535-lab-dnssec
OPS535 Lab 6
Purpose
In this lab you will learn to configure a DNS server to provide responses authenticated with DNSSec, first by querying other servers for their DNSSec records, then by adding DNSSec records to your own zones.
Pre-Requisites
Labs 1 through 4 should be complete so that your machines have functioning network connections between each other, and to the outside world. You also need a functioning DNS domain (configured in lab 4) in order for mail to be properly transported between your machines (and potentially other domains).
Investigation 1: Performing queries using DNSSec
Perform the following steps on your VM2:
- Ensure you have bind-utils installed.
- Run the command dig senecacollege.ca
- You should get output similar to the following:
>dig senecacollege.ca @1.1.1.1 ; <<>> DiG 9.9.4-RedHat-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1 <<>> senecacollege.ca @1.1.1.1 ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 12758 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1452 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;senecacollege.ca. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: senecacollege.ca. 564 IN A 205.207.147.230 ;; Query time: 34 msec ;; SERVER: 1.1.1.1#53(1.1.1.1) ;; WHEN: Sun Nov 04 17:31:57 EST 2018 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 61
- If you did not get the expected output, go back and ensure your machine has network connectivity (including an assigned default route).
- Once you have a respoinse, can you be sure it is accurate?
- Re-run the previous dig command, but this time add +dnssec to request authentication of the results using DNSSec.
>dig senecacollege.ca @1.1.1.1 +dnssec ; <<>> DiG 9.9.4-RedHat-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1 <<>> senecacollege.ca @1.1.1.1 ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 38472 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags: do; udp: 1452 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;senecacollege.ca. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: senecacollege.ca. 564 IN A 205.207.147.230 ;; Query time: 34 msec ;; SERVER: 1.1.1.1#53(1.1.1.1) ;; WHEN: Sun Nov 04 17:36:57 EST 2018 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 61
- Notice the addition of the do flag (DNSSec Ok, that is the server we queried is willing to perform authentication), but no other difference in output. This information is not authenticated.
- Now we will run a query that does get authenticated:
- Run the following command (again you should get output similar to the following):
>dig isc.org @1.1.1.1 +dnssec ; <<>> DiG 9.9.4-RedHat-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1 <<>> isc.org @1.1.1.1 +dnssec ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 51709 ;; flags: qr rd ra ad; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags: do; udp: 1452 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;isc.org. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: isc.org. 60 IN A 149.20.64.69 isc.org. 60 IN RRSIG A 5 2 60 20181128233334 20181029233334 19923 isc.org. evUIhl3hmTGFchNe8GH7NDgMQS56fdgFgQy/BBqbE+zu0TXEVPLLsGxz pAEnYJq+0gTTa/nJjIMmxxsXj7HNZ+gpL8koGNRJeZDt/Q4jmfcRh+A7 HJOn1LVpjwdzw459XF38mQmwBK7oh6ZTBg0UKzaw4J6zr5vql9KWoyJV KCo= ;; Query time: 31 msec ;; SERVER: 1.1.1.1#53(1.1.1.1) ;; WHEN: Sun Nov 04 17:42:44 EST 2018 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 219
- Notice that in addition to the do flag, the answer to this query also has an ad flag (Authenticated Data), along with extra information in the answer itself (the RRSIG record). This result is authenticated.
- If you want to see this result without the DNSSec information, simply re-run the query without the +dnssec request.
Investigation 2: Configuring DNSSec on a Recursive Server
Perform the following steps as root on your VM1:
- Now that you can spot the differences between authenticated and non-authenticated data, it is time to configure your local DNS server to perform authentication when your client machines request it.
- Simply set the dnssec-validation parameter in your /etc/named.conf file to yes (it is already set this way if you didn’t change it in an earlier lab).
- Note that this relies on your server also having the initial key it will use to authenticate the root name servers it communicates with.
- This can be found in /etc/named.iscdlv.key and /etc/named.root.key.
- These too are included by default when you first install bind. If they are not there, add the following lines to your options statement and restart your service:
bindkeys-file "/etc/named.iscdlv.key"; include "/etc/named.root.key";
- Make sure your dns server is configured to be provide recursive answers to other machines in your network, and that it will allow traffic to tcp port 53.
- All of this should have already been done, so long as you followed the instructions in previous labs, and didn’t deliberately break anything.
- Run the following command from one of your other VMs (making sure to use the ip address of your own DNS server):
>dig +tcp +dnssec @192.168.83.1 www.isc.org
- You should get output similar to the following:
; <<>> DiG 9.9.4-RedHat-9.9.4-61.el7_5.1 <<>> +tcp +dnssec @192.168.83.1 www.isc.org ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 13512 ;; flags: qr rd ra ad; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 5, ADDITIONAL: 13 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags: do; udp: 4096 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.isc.org. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.isc.org. 60 IN A 149.20.64.69 www.isc.org. 60 IN RRSIG A 5 3 60 20181128233334 20181029233334 19923 isc.org. EzPGoD0DDKUONuWUhXsNqW0xt1q3l8Nwg8Ec3SW9QZafwyQDYj9/dZ/F d4ch3UIQ1oKfHYUtAsev7aVjwbisM5HgHSjGtBMWZngzY/mBTmy+uVog yBKuXHawR13il4fY6Z68qTZpaq8gH9jKqpPJYomruSxYFZVAI8Ct+tBB 0SE= ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: isc.org. 6575 IN NS ord.sns-pb.isc.org. isc.org. 6575 IN NS sfba.sns-pb.isc.org. isc.org. 6575 IN NS ams.sns-pb.isc.org. isc.org. 6575 IN NS ns.isc.afilias-nst.info. isc.org. 6575 IN RRSIG NS 5 2 7200 20181128233334 20181029233334 19923 isc.org. IzXvpUxVCC15yG74ChGSlUgNOAPtvb6688zZm97SYSB6772gzS09VhmR WfpdOx5IJFwhhIl87bB49yiEHP4SimMrAfoAmGIpe5G4hI8uirhGlWNM Rh6SVIMSXdPMCKF8pSqe387ERK9ZcEPfVVTxeA+/C0Ajyg+KhrwbS4A6 3wU= ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: ams.sns-pb.isc.org. 85775 IN A 199.6.1.30 ams.sns-pb.isc.org. 85775 IN AAAA 2001:500:60::30 ord.sns-pb.isc.org. 85775 IN A 199.6.0.30 ord.sns-pb.isc.org. 85775 IN AAAA 2001:500:71::30 sfba.sns-pb.isc.org. 85775 IN A 149.20.64.3 sfba.sns-pb.isc.org. 85775 IN AAAA 2001:4f8:0:2::19 ams.sns-pb.isc.org. 7200 IN RRSIG A 5 4 7200 20181128233334 20181029233334 19923 isc.org. fN6lhMQKcNsl889c8e0n7b0xBLWHnp9oLUn8ji4T7sNykobHObfihcvL LpX2DGqVKUW/9kIe5hvikVNfiDxjZx89V6jMnhyavSsJdchyv3zuEedx pFa8Kq9y28Na+/7v+3eCVp/L0SRx1na88bxiFpLpIk1aIV5pAthgtQSH 9hY= ams.sns-pb.isc.org. 7200 IN RRSIG AAAA 5 4 7200 20181128233334 20181029233334 19923 isc.org. mvlEcSyHnq/O1B8+awGkUPp3+G+QOHf5Vdeq+vhReo+um8Jg8aks3uYy CMZjC/NAtFPNUzjTyDtirn79/lDan3GgwpICHvWq2DHCslp7hbZC7qRs cFQjstONnLcprPS5q8T1TRFs97SuqTS7OK4B3f0Lf0ilC+ohOYQR/1bW Fg8= ord.sns-pb.isc.org. 7200 IN RRSIG A 5 4 7200 20181128233334 20181029233334 19923 isc.org. ZPsHODiOXBRsXN3K1Al/Nq+ +dkx0HMaUpSdEMLXwlcASrC8FWjKETiRS NhgXq1u+JiBkXTEWVsR81CSk2uFEAxMlWOfoIKKVnc9Hp7ZNjdHlgIWe bLWGweMoCwGa6o6yuRqMjCrceDqTKQSq1RTvQRL3As9J1V4vMY5i+KQy IhY= ord.sns-pb.isc.org. 7200 IN RRSIG AAAA 5 4 7200 20181128233334 20181029233334 19923 isc.org. usTQJB2VfLzzfA3TPWTUXiSKM3w7bfK6zGQf1t+LXdJBDLLrjvhmwWTp 5DjLDIxIvd77mudcFQsXq7oVvmiJHmnA6zaJhF6cFAIKI7dJm5rGhGFs ZkX7OD4x5LxDH1knah7AYTPdme+QDxcLzIsmY5iozQeMh3UKd+gfpork RqI= sfba.sns-pb.isc.org. 7200 IN RRSIG A 5 4 7200 20181128233334 20181029233334 19923 isc.org. ryZ18IlvB7q/qPwIFHgLU7LSjnTBx3JpzpV2BQtb/2jdDM7zBQ/bnQ28 /H+MSWoAAKmPEiND2XWqtvdCPwOv4kcQexcTnLoIfieq6HgraO8//AIL wMmwUBgZc51tZ1e+k9krCvNlLKZXe92KgGYWwGNxp3Gp1TkdlywRtMUM Y9w= sfba.sns-pb.isc.org. 7106 IN RRSIG AAAA 5 4 7200 20181128233334 20181029233334 19923 isc.org. betjxdRZREj3fMHm7TsE7kn8vrZHRdpzrkJ3mxIe4jdhyUbQytxcIfnJ aTOz5JT5ESF5n7k/pq+UK05ApZFc5b5slX0g5S/ahYm7ynLzz/Uw8/sW UrPFePNdAxS00mX91rRYG7tVLHq79VOvIt18C69ac+oVGVfIBN/OJzan /gE=;; ;;Query time: 85 msec ;;SERVER: 192.168.83.1#53(192.168.83.1) ;;WHEN: Sun Nov 04 18:18:23 EST 2018 ;;MSG SIZE rcvd: 1623
- Again, note the do and ad flags, along with the RRSIG record (and similar data for the nameservers in the isc.org domain).
- Your server is now able to request DNSSec records from other zones, and authenticate them.
Investigation 3: Configuring DNSSec on an Authoritative Server
Completing the Lab
Your DNS server is now capable of performing recursive queries using DNSSec when client machines request it. It has also been configured to provide the extra DNSSec records when clients request them. Note that it is not yet truly providing DNSSec answers, as it is not being authenticated through the domain above yours.
Follow the instructions on blackboard to submit the lab.