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      dstroot
      last edited by

      Used to do this with dnsmasq:

      Insert the following into the “Advanced” text area field on the DNS Forwarder page in pfSense:  bogus-nxdomain=92.242.140.2

      This stopped my ISP from hijacking DNS.

      Doesn't seem to work with unbound.  Is there an equivalent command?  If I put it in the unbound advanced box unbound dies.

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        cmb
        last edited by

        I don't see an equivalent to that with Unbound. Though if you have Unbound doing its own recursion (don't enable forwarding mode), you should never see that from your ISP.

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          dstroot
          last edited by

          @CMB - thanks for the swift response.  I know you are working at banging out 2.2.

          Can you elaborate what "forwarding mode" does for unbound?  I want unbound to cache DNS queries and be the DNS server for my LAN.  I was under the impression I needed it on so unbound would be a cache server and "forward" the results of my main DNS servers (for example say 8.8.8.8).

          BTW I did turn forwarding off to see what happens and the DNS hijacking stopped.  Thx for that tip!

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            phil.davis
            last edited by

            Forwarding mode means it will just send queries (for domains not already in the cache) directly upstream to the defined upstream DNS server/s it has been told about.
            With recursion, unbound does its queries directly through the chain of internet root servers down to the authoritative server for the requested domain, thus avoiding using some intermediate upstream DNS and its cache, but keeps a cache for itself.
            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System#Recursive_and_caching_name_server

            As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."
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              dstroot
              last edited by

              So it caches either way?

              So what is the use case for the forwarder option?  To force something like OpenDNS?  Because it sounds as if the non-forwarder behavior is the most accurate option, no?  (maybe slower?).

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                phil.davis
                last edited by

                For example, I subscribe to the DynDNS "Internet Guide" service (it is cheap for 10 public IPs). So it can filter name responses for categories of sites (porn, violent…). That does a good job of keeping staff away from that sort of content.
                So I want the pfSense DNS to just forward to DynDNS servers, because I really do want a changed (filtered) view of what the real root servers have.

                As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."
                If I helped you, then help someone else - buy someone a gift from the INF catalog http://secure.inf.org/gifts/usd/

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                  phil.davis
                  last edited by

                  DNS Forwarder Host Overrides - the aliases (if any) of the main host override display on the main screen, in addition to the main override entry itself.
                  DNS Resolver Host Overrides - the aliases (if any) of the main host override do not display on the main screen. Only the main override entry itself is displayed.
                  It is not effecting what is stored in the actual config. When you edit a DNS Resolver Host Override the aliases are there.

                  Does anybody care?
                  Leave it as it is?

                  DNS-Forwarder-Host-Overrides.png
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                  DNS-Resolver-Host-Override-entry.png
                  DNS-Resolver-Host-Override-entry.png_thumb
                  DNS-Resolver-Host-Overrides.png
                  DNS-Resolver-Host-Overrides.png_thumb

                  As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."
                  If I helped you, then help someone else - buy someone a gift from the INF catalog http://secure.inf.org/gifts/usd/

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                    cmb
                    last edited by

                    It'd be nice to have that back if you'd like to put in a pull request Phil. If not, it's not a big deal.

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                    • Raul RamosR
                      Raul Ramos
                      last edited by

                      Hi

                      Is asking to match if the aliases appears like expanded p2 in IPsec, more or less?

                      Thanks

                      Edit: Can't start Resolver with DHCP Registration (Register DHCP leases in the DNS Resolver) checked.

                      Resolver log:

                      Nov 19 18:13:32	unbound: [86446:0] notice: Restart of unbound 1.4.22.
Nov 19 18:13:32	unbound: [86446:0] fatal error: Could not read config file: /unbound.conf
Nov 19 18:14:04	unbound: [40605:0] notice: init module 0: iterator
Nov 19 18:14:04	unbound: [40605:0] info: start of service (unbound 1.4.22).
Nov 19 18:14:04	unbound: [40605:0] info: service stopped (unbound 1.4.22).
Nov 19 18:14:04	unbound: [40605:0] info: server stats for thread 0: 0 queries, 0 answers from cache, 0 recursions, 0 prefetch
Nov 19 18:14:04	unbound: [40605:0] info: server stats for thread 0: requestlist max 0 avg 0 exceeded 0 jostled 0
Nov 19 18:14:04	unbound: [40605:0] info: server stats for thread 1: 0 queries, 0 answers from cache, 0 recursions, 0 prefetch
Nov 19 18:14:04	unbound: [40605:0] info: server stats for thread 1: requestlist max 0 avg 0 exceeded 0 jostled 0

                      System -> General  log:

                      dhcpleases: Could not deliver signal HUP to process because its pidfile (/var/run/unbound.pid) does not exist, No such process.

                      pfSense:
                      ASRock -> Wolfdale1333-D667 (2GB TeamElite Ram)
                      Marvell 88SA8040 Sata to CF(Sandisk 4GB) Controller
                      NIC's: RTL8100E (Internal ) and Intel® PRO/1000 PT Dual (Intel 82571GB)

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                        phil.davis
                        last edited by

                        @cmb:

                        It'd be nice to have that back if you'd like to put in a pull request Phil. If not, it's not a big deal.

                        Yes, I will have a look. It should be just a copy-paste-search-replace operation to put the same functionality into the Resolver host override aliases case.
                        and yes, it was that easy, pull request: https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/pull/1344

                        As the Greek philosopher Isosceles used to say, "There are 3 sides to every triangle."
                        If I helped you, then help someone else - buy someone a gift from the INF catalog http://secure.inf.org/gifts/usd/

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                          stewgoin
                          last edited by

                          @mais_um:

                          Edit: Can't start Resolver with DHCP Registration (Register DHCP leases in the DNS Resolver) checked.

                          I'm seeing the same behavior this morning after updating to the latest snapshot. I turned off the DHCP registration stuff in DNS Resolver and it starts up just fine.

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                          • Raul RamosR
                            Raul Ramos
                            last edited by

                            Hi

                            Thu Nov 20 00:23:34 CST 2014 build i can enable DHCP Registration.

                            pfSense:
                            ASRock -> Wolfdale1333-D667 (2GB TeamElite Ram)
                            Marvell 88SA8040 Sata to CF(Sandisk 4GB) Controller
                            NIC's: RTL8100E (Internal ) and Intel® PRO/1000 PT Dual (Intel 82571GB)

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                              hiwi
                              last edited by

                              Today with build Fri Nov 21 01:58:53 CST 2014 I'm getting again 'fatal error: Could not read config file: /unbound.conf' with DHCP Registration checked.

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                                cmb
                                last edited by

                                @hiwi:

                                Today with build Fri Nov 21 01:58:53 CST 2014 I'm getting again 'fatal error: Could not read config file: /unbound.conf' with DHCP Registration checked.

                                Can't seem to replicate that. How is your Unbound configured?

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                                  hiwi
                                  last edited by

                                  @cmb:

                                  @hiwi:

                                  Today with build Fri Nov 21 01:58:53 CST 2014 I'm getting again 'fatal error: Could not read config file: /unbound.conf' with DHCP Registration checked.

                                  Can't seem to replicate that. How is your Unbound configured?

                                  What information do you need?

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                                    Hugovsky
                                    last edited by

                                    To me, it gives the error attached if I try to start resolver with "Register DHCP leases in the DNS Resolver" set.

                                    2.2-BETA (amd64)
                                    built on Fri Nov 21 08:16:06 CST 2014
                                    FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE

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                                      hiwi
                                      last edited by

                                      @cmb:

                                      @hiwi:

                                      Today with build Fri Nov 21 01:58:53 CST 2014 I'm getting again 'fatal error: Could not read config file: /unbound.conf' with DHCP Registration checked.

                                      Can't seem to replicate that. How is your Unbound configured?

                                      With version '2.2-BETA (amd64) built on Fri Nov 21 08:16:06 CST 2014' unbound started directly after upgrade. After another reboot it didn't start with DHCP Registration ('Register DHCP leases in the DNS Resolver') on.

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                                        cmb
                                        last edited by

                                        What's in your resolver log? Re: config, how are all the settings under Services>DNS Resolver configured?

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                                          hiwi
                                          last edited by

                                          resolver.log

                                          Nov 21 23:04:26	unbound: [6842:0] fatal error: Could not read config file: /unbound.conf
Nov 21 23:04:26	unbound: [6842:0] info: ignored infra-lame-ttl: 900 (option removed, use infra-host-ttl)
Nov 21 23:04:26	unbound: [6842:0] notice: Restart of unbound 1.4.22.
Nov 21 23:04:26	unbound: [6842:0] debug: cache memory msg=66072 rrset=66072 infra=2600 val=66280
Nov 21 23:04:26	unbound: [6842:0] info: mesh has 0 recursion states (0 with reply, 0 detached), 0 waiting replies, 0 recursion replies sent, 0 replies dropped, 0 states jostled out
Nov 21 23:04:26	unbound: [6842:0] info: server stats for thread 1: requestlist max 0 avg 0 exceeded 0 jostled 0
Nov 21 23:04:26	unbound: [6842:0] info: server stats for thread 1: 0 queries, 0 answers from cache, 0 recursions, 0 prefetch
Nov 21 23:04:26	unbound: [6842:0] debug: cache memory msg=66072 rrset=66072 infra=2600 val=66280
Nov 21 23:04:26	unbound: [6842:0] info: mesh has 0 recursion states (0 with reply, 0 detached), 0 waiting replies, 0 recursion replies sent, 0 replies dropped, 0 states jostled out
Nov 21 23:04:26	unbound: [6842:0] info: server stats for thread 0: requestlist max 0 avg 0 exceeded 0 jostled 0
Nov 21 23:04:26	unbound: [6842:0] info: server stats for thread 0: 0 queries, 0 answers from cache, 0 recursions, 0 prefetch
Nov 21 23:04:26	unbound: [6842:0] info: service stopped (unbound 1.4.22).
Nov 21 23:04:26	unbound: [6842:0] debug: caught signal SIGHUP
Nov 21 23:04:26	unbound: [6842:1] debug: cache memory msg=66072 rrset=66072 infra=2600 val=66280
Nov 21 23:04:26	unbound: [6842:0] info: start of service (unbound 1.4.22).
Nov 21 23:04:26	unbound: [6842:0] debug: cache memory msg=66072 rrset=66072 infra=2600 val=66280
Nov 21 23:04:26	unbound: [6842:0] debug: target fetch policy for level 4 is 0
Nov 21 23:04:26	unbound: [6842:0] debug: target fetch policy for level 3 is 0
Nov 21 23:04:26	unbound: [6842:0] debug: target fetch policy for level 2 is 1
Nov 21 23:04:26	unbound: [6842:0] debug: target fetch policy for level 1 is 2
Nov 21 23:04:26	unbound: [6842:0] debug: target fetch policy for level 0 is 3
Nov 21 23:04:26	unbound: [6842:0] notice: init module 1: iterator
Nov 21 23:04:26	unbound: [6842:0] notice: init module 0: validator
Nov 21 23:04:26	unbound: [6842:0] debug: module config: "validator iterator"
Nov 21 23:04:26	unbound: [6842:0] debug: duplicate acl address ignored.
Nov 21 23:04:26	unbound: [6842:0] debug: drop user privileges, run as unbound
Nov 21 23:04:26	unbound: [6842:0] debug: chroot to /var/unbound
Nov 21 23:04:26	unbound: [6842:0] debug: chdir to /var/unbound
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] debug: switching log to stderr
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] debug: cache memory msg=66072 rrset=66072 infra=288782 val=149925
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: 1.000000 2.000000 7
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: 0.524288 1.000000 21
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: 0.262144 0.524288 62
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: 0.131072 0.262144 100
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: 0.065536 0.131072 50
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: 0.032768 0.065536 83
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: 0.016384 0.032768 176
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: 0.008192 0.016384 27
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: 0.004096 0.008192 1
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: 0.000000 0.000001 37
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: lower(secs) upper(secs) recursions
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: [25%]=0.0234589 median[50%]=0.0489546 [75%]=0.195297
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: histogram of recursion processing times
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: average recursion processing time 0.139959 sec
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: mesh has 0 recursion states (0 with reply, 0 detached), 0 waiting replies, 564 recursion replies sent, 0 replies dropped, 0 states jostled out
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: server stats for thread 1: requestlist max 14 avg 0.603774 exceeded 0 jostled 0
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: server stats for thread 1: 1688 queries, 1124 answers from cache, 564 recursions, 178 prefetch
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] debug: cache memory msg=66072 rrset=66072 infra=288782 val=149925
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: 1.000000 2.000000 1
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: 0.524288 1.000000 14
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: 0.262144 0.524288 30
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: 0.131072 0.262144 42
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: 0.065536 0.131072 28
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: 0.032768 0.065536 39
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: 0.016384 0.032768 52
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: 0.008192 0.016384 13
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: 0.004096 0.008192 1
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: 0.000000 0.000001 18
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: lower(secs) upper(secs) recursions
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: [25%]=0.0250486 median[50%]=0.0621752 [75%]=0.216893
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: histogram of recursion processing times
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: average recursion processing time 0.147787 sec
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: mesh has 0 recursion states (0 with reply, 0 detached), 0 waiting replies, 238 recursion replies sent, 0 replies dropped, 0 states jostled out
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: server stats for thread 0: requestlist max 40 avg 3.168 exceeded 0 jostled 0
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: server stats for thread 0: 548 queries, 310 answers from cache, 238 recursions, 12 prefetch
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] info: service stopped (unbound 1.4.22).
Nov 21 23:04:25	unbound: [87880:0] debug: caught signal SIGTERM
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] debug: cache memory msg=418824 rrset=714129 infra=288782 val=149925
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] info: validator operate: query cl4appf.com. A IN
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] debug: validator[module 0] operate: extstate:module_wait_module event:module_event_moddone
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] info: finishing processing for cl4appf.com. A IN
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] info: query response was ANSWER
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] info: reply from <cl4appf.com.> 78.140.168.56#53
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] info: response for cl4appf.com. A IN
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] info: sanitize: storing potential poison RRset: ns2.dcrmt.net. A IN
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] info: sanitize: storing potential poison RRset: ns1.dcrmt.net. A IN
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] info: iterator operate: query cl4appf.com. A IN
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] debug: iterator[module 1] operate: extstate:module_wait_reply event:module_event_reply
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] debug: cache memory msg=418824 rrset=714129 infra=288782 val=149925
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] info: Verified that unsigned response is INSECURE
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] info: validator operate: query cl4appf.com. AAAA IN
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] debug: validator[module 0] operate: extstate:module_wait_subquery event:module_event_pass
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] info: NSEC3s for the referral proved no DS.
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] info: validator operate: query cl4appf.com. DS IN
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] debug: validator[module 0] operate: extstate:module_wait_module event:module_event_moddone
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] info: finishing processing for cl4appf.com. DS IN
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] info: query response was nodata ANSWER
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] info: reply from <com.> 2001:503:a83e::2:30#53
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] info: response for cl4appf.com. DS IN
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] info: iterator operate: query cl4appf.com. DS IN
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] debug: iterator[module 1] operate: extstate:module_wait_reply event:module_event_reply
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] debug: cache memory msg=418824 rrset=714129 infra=288782 val=149925
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] debug: sending to target: <com.> 2001:503:a83e::2:30#53
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] info: sending query: cl4appf.com. DS IN
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] info: processQueryTargets: cl4appf.com. DS IN
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] info: resolving (init part 3): cl4appf.com. DS IN
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] info: resolving (init part 2): cl4appf.com. DS IN
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] info: resolving cl4appf.com. DS IN
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] debug: iterator[module 1] operate: extstate:module_state_initial event:module_event_pass
Nov 21 23:04:23	unbound: [87880:1] info: validator operate: query cl4appf.com. DS IN</com.></com.></cl4appf.com.>

                                          system.log

                                          Nov 21 23:04:26 zh01-rt02 dhcpleases: Could not deliver signal HUP to process because its pidfile (/var/run/unbound.pid) does not exist, No such process.
Nov 21 23:04:27 zh01-rt02 dhcpleases: Could not deliver signal HUP to process because its pidfile (/var/run/unbound.pid) does not exist, No such process.
Nov 21 23:04:29 zh01-rt02 dhcpleases: Could not deliver signal HUP to process because its pidfile (/var/run/unbound.pid) does not exist, No such process.
Nov 21 23:04:29 zh01-rt02 dhcpleases: kqueue error: unkown
Nov 21 23:04:29 zh01-rt02 dhcpleases: Could not deliver signal HUP to process because its pidfile (/var/run/unbound.pid) does not exist, No such process.

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                                            DiskWizard
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                                            2.2-BETA (amd64)
                                            built on Sat Nov 22 01:52:19 CST 2014
                                            FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE

                                            After today's upgrade Resolver "went to sleep", had to switch for DNS Forwarder.

                                            Oct 28 14:12:42 unbound: [23277:3] notice: sendto failed: No buffer space available

                                            I know, the date is wrong.

                                            1. GA-N3150M-D3P 8Gb RAM

                                            2. GA-C1037EN-EU 4GB RAM

                                            • 2,5 SATA III Solid State Drive SLIM S60
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