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Subject:    Anyone employed the "Blackhole DNS" project with NetWare DNS?
From:       "ITReading ITReading" <ITReading () aldridge-borden ! com>
Date:       2005-03-29 23:53:08
Message-ID: s249962c.099 () aldridge-borden ! com
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Hello all,
After testing some of the publically available hostfiles (for
workstations), my interest has been peaked for this "Blackhole DNS"
project from Bleedingsnort.  --
http://www.bleedingsnort.com/blackhole-dns/

This project involves downloading regularly updated zonefiles to
achieve the same thing that the "hostfile method" does, which is to
point known malware/spyware sites to either 127.0.0.1 or 0.0.0.0 (or
some other bogus addy).  Except in theory, the DNS method could
faster/more efficient, as the hostfiles have gotten so large they slow
down a workstation.

My question is this:  I know that Novell DNS supports BIND transfer
files, but I certainly don't want to import a BIND file with hundreds or
thousands of zones/domains into e-Dir.  Is there any way to have my
Novell DNS servers make use of a Bind zone transfer file without it
placing that info into e-Dir?  My alternate idea is to set up a
completely separate DNS (probably Linux) and have my Novell DNS servers
use the Linux one as their upstream DNS.  Although I'd love to avoid
that extra box if I could.

My Novell boxes run:  
NetWare 6.5 SP2 (named.nlm - 6.02 May 14, 2004)
e-Dir Version 8.7.3.2
NDS 10551.13 May 26, 2004

Any ideas or tales from the trenches greatly appreciated!



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Charles Solomon
System Support Specialist
Aldridge, Borden & Company, P.C.
74 Commerce Street, 36104
PO Box 33, 36101-0033
Montgomery, Alabama
Tel: (334) 420-2854
Fax:(334) 420-2855
www.aldridge-borden.com
email: csolomon@aldridge-borden.com
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