DNS Resolver

Hugovsky

@chpalmer:

@router_wang:

The resolver is forwarding requests to my providers DNS instead of querying the root domain name servers. You can test this by going to https://www.dnsleaktest.com/

How can I configure it not to do this?

Go to System/General Setup- DNS Servers…

Uncheck- " Allow DNS server list to be overridden by DHCP/PPP on WAV"

Check- "Do not use the DNS Forwarder as a DNS server for the firewall"

Yes, I have it set like this and it still does it anyway.

Are you using dhcp? if yes, you have to put the ip from the interface you're using in dns servers so it can be assigned to leases.

pyrodex

After each update I've noticed unbound won't start on a reboot. I've got to go in and save the settings and then it will start. Here is what I see in the logs each time:


Nov  1 18:22:07 firewall unbound: [80205:0] error: can't bind socket: Can't assign requested address
Nov  1 18:22:07 firewall unbound: [80205:0] debug: failed address fe80::250:56ff:fe1a:1b1c port 42698

I merely just update and reboot. Then to correct I simply go into the settings and hit SAVE and that lets it recover.

dstroot

Are you using dhcp? if yes, you have to put the ip from the interface you're using in dns servers so it can be assigned to leases.

This was a key point - thanks.

Tikimotel

DNS Spoofabillity test: https://www.grc.com/dns/dns.htm

DNS Nameserver Access Details
External Ping: ignored (Nice, as it's preferable for it to be less visible.)
External Query: ignored (This means the nameserver is more spoof resistant.)
DNSSEC Security: supported (This server supports improved security standards.)
–-> Alphabetic Case: mixed (Extra bits of entropy are present in these queries!) <---
Extra Anti-Spoofing: unknown (Unable to obtain server fingerprint.)

I've added the options below into the unbound config on my pfsense v2.1.5 in order to get the extra bits of entropy for the alphabetic case test.


use-caps-for-id: yes
val-clean-additional: yes

I wonder if these are available by default, or switchable settings in the new pfsense 2.2 builds?

Quote on the alphabetic case test:

Alphabetic Case:
The DNS system is not sensitive to alphabetic case, so the domain “WWW.GRC.COM” is identical to “www.grc.com”. DNS is designed to ignore but preserve the alphabetic case used in queries and replies. This creates an opportunity for a DNS resolver to add additional unknown bits of “entropy” to its queries by randomly changing the case of any alphabetic characters in the queried domain name. When replies are received, only the valid replying nameserver that received the mixed-case query could know the proper case for its reply. No spoofing server would know. This would give a clever resolver another way to reject spoofed replies. We know of no nameservers that are deliberately mixing case in this way, but through this test we are helping you to keep your eye out for any.

dstroot

Still not seeing host overrides work.


❯ dig doubleclick.net

; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> doubleclick.net
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 37689
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;doubleclick.net.		IN	A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
doubleclick.net.	3600	IN	A	70.32.146.212

;; Query time: 105 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.15.1#53(192.168.15.1)
;; WHEN: Sun Nov  9 14:00:46 2014
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 49

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Hugovsky

It works for me but, I have to send it to 0.0.0.0, not 127.0.0.1.

dstroot

Hmmm - I'm on the latest beta, tried 0.0.0.0 and 127.0.0.1. Still no joy. Will look into this further tomorrow.

dstroot

My bad. I wasn't filling it out correctly - it works if you do it as I show in the attached.

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Hugovsky

Can I pass "include: /etc/unbound/local-blocking-data.conf" in the advanced field of the resolver? I want to block some domains.

Hugovsky

Apparently the options in the advanced field are not parsed to the config file. Am I doing it wrong?

Escorpiom

I'm sorry to say that Unbound in 2.2 beta has (still) issues:

Nov 12 18:21:42	unbound: [94783:0] notice: Restart of unbound 1.4.22.
Nov 12 18:21:42	unbound: [94783:0] warning: too many file descriptors requested. The builtinmini-event cannot handle more than 1024\. Config for less fds or compile with libevent
Nov 12 18:21:42	unbound: [94783:0] warning: continuing with less udp ports: 91

I've seen this a couple of times here, but no solution was found.
From what can be found on the web, it seems to be a problem with multicore cpu's (mine's a 2558 SOC).
The "Number of queries per thread" in the web interface shows 512, but in the actual config file it's still set at 1024.

The value should sit around 250 for a 4-core cpu, not exceeding a total of 1024.
Manually adjusting the Unbound config is no use, after saving a change in the admin interface, it resets to 1024 again.

This issue is causing Unbound to restart and when it does, delays the DNS lookups.
Old bug that really need to be fixed.

Cheers.

Hugovsky

Seems some options are not parsed to the config file. I've already posted about the advanced field, but I've found another:

2.2-BETA (amd64)
built on Thu Nov 13 06:05:47 CST 2014
FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE

check in the config file below and check the pic:

/var/unbound: cat unbound.conf
##########################

Unbound Configuration

##########################

Server configuration

server:
chroot: /var/unbound
username: "unbound"
directory: "/var/unbound"
pidfile: "/var/run/unbound.pid"
use-syslog: yes
port: 53
verbosity: 1
harden-referral-path: no
do-ip4: yes
do-ip6: yes
do-udp: yes
do-tcp: yes
do-daemonize: yes
module-config: "validator iterator"
unwanted-reply-threshold: 0
num-queries-per-thread: 1024
jostle-timeout: 200
infra-host-ttl: 900
infra-lame-ttl: 900
infra-cache-numhosts: 10000
outgoing-num-tcp: 10
incoming-num-tcp: 10
edns-buffer-size: 4096
cache-max-ttl: 86400
cache-min-ttl: 0
harden-dnssec-stripped: yes
num-threads: 2
msg-cache-slabs: 4
rrset-cache-slabs: 4
infra-cache-slabs: 4
key-cache-slabs: 4
msg-cache-size: 4m
rrset-cache-size: 8m
outgoing-range: 462
#so-rcvbuf: 4m
auto-trust-anchor-file: /var/unbound/root.key
prefetch: no
prefetch-key: no

Statistics

Unbound Statistics

statistics-interval: 0
extended-statistics: yes
statistics-cumulative: yes

Interface IP(s) to bind to

interface: 192.168.50.1
interface: 10.1.2.1
interface: 192.168.51.1
interface: 127.0.0.1
interface: ::1

Outgoing interfaces to be used

outgoing-interface: #####
outgoing-interface: #####

DNS Rebinding

For DNS Rebinding prevention

private-address: 10.0.0.0/8
private-address: 172.16.0.0/12
private-address: 192.168.0.0/16
private-address: 192.254.0.0/16
private-address: fd00::/8
private-address: fe80::/10

Set private domains in case authoritative name server returns a Private IP address

private-domain: "hsnetworks"
domain-insecure: "hsnetworks"

Access lists

include: /var/unbound/access_lists.conf

Static host entries

include: /var/unbound/host_entries.conf

Domain overrides

include: /var/unbound/domainoverrides.conf

Remote Control Config

include: /var/unbound/remotecontrol.conf

(edited to include snapshot version)

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Hugovsky

More info on this:

although the config file of unbound doesn't have it, config.xml does have the right settings:

<custom_options>include:/var/unbound/local-blocking-data.conf</custom_options>
<dnssec><prefetch><prefetchkey><msgcachesize>4</msgcachesize>
<outgoing_num_tcp>0</outgoing_num_tcp>
<incoming_num_tcp>0</incoming_num_tcp>
<edns_buffer_size>1480</edns_buffer_size>
<num_queries_per_thread>512</num_queries_per_thread>
<jostle_timeout>100</jostle_timeout></prefetchkey></prefetch></dnssec>

phil.davis

The code in /etc/inc/unbound.inc simply does not implement the settings into the conf file.
I am looking at this. It will be easy to finish the implementation - pull request in 1 hour hopefully.

phil.davis

Pull request: https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/pull/1336

That makes it implement all the parameters that can be specified in the "Advanced" section (the custom options box) and on the "Advanced" tab. unbound.conf has all this stuff now after pressing Apply.

And it took me 72 minutes between posts - there were a few little extra bits to think about, software project estimation is never an exact science, and I actually tested it also ;)

Hugovsky

Thanks again for being so fast. I'll test it and report back.

Hugovsky

It's working perfectly on the latest snapshot. Thanks again. Although, I was reading unbound docs and noticed this:

"FILE FORMAT
There must be whitespace between keywords. Attribute keywords end with a colon ':'. An attribute is followed by its containing attributes, or a value."

Text parsed in the advanced field breaks the line with spaces. Do you think this is important?

Escorpiom

Phil and Hugovsky, thanks for following up on this. I know it's community so it's awesome you helped out with this.
Will test it shortly.

Cheers.

athurdent

@athurdent:

I'm using CARP virtual IPs and run Unbound on "All" interfaces.
If I query the CARP IP from a Linux box, I get this:
root@none:~# dig @192.168.xxx.254 www.heise.de
;; reply from unexpected source: 192.168.xxx.5#53, expected 192.168.xxx.254#53
;; reply from unexpected source: 192.168.xxx.5#53, expected 192.168.xxx.254#53
;; reply from unexpected source: 192.168.xxx.5#53, expected 192.168.xxx.254#53
Snapshot is AMD64 from today.

I took another look at this:

IP aliases can be explicitly chosen in the GUI but do not appear in unbound.conf so this does not help with the problem. Seems like a bug and should be fixed I guess.

If you set

interface-automatic: yes

then it replies properly when doing a dig@ the alias IP.
This feature is marked experimental though, I don't know the downsides.

p1erre

Hi

I've another issue, all my DHCP6 static bindings are not included in /var/unbound/host_entries.conf. It shows only the IPv4 entries.