[Samba] DNS logging for TLD queries?

lingpanda101 lingpanda101 at gmail.com
Tue Jan 2 15:25:30 UTC 2018


On 1/2/2018 2:50 AM, Denis Cardon wrote:
> Hi LingPanda101,
>
>
>>     Is it possible to filter DNS queries for specific TLD's using the
>> internal logging system? My IPS/IDS alerts me when a suspicious TLD is
>> being queried. However I'm only able to see the DC as the source.  
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Ubuntu 14.04 Samba 4.7.3.
>
> First you should really upgrade to 4.7.4 (see recent changelog)
>
> Second, if you are not using Bind DLZ, you should set it up, it works 
> much better than the internal DNS engine.
>
> And third it is then just a matter of configuring Bind properly, you 
> can check our wiki at the following address (yeah, it's in French, but 
> it shouldn't be too much of a hassle for your favorite translation tool):
>
> https://dev.tranquil.it/wiki/SAMBA_-_Audit_requetes_DNS_et_logs_Bind9
>
> Actually we had exactly the same question from a client a few month 
> ago...
>
> Cheers, and happy new year 2018!
>
> Denis
>
>>
>
>
Thanks Denis.

     I was trying to avoid Bind but will give it a go as I do require 
more insight into DNS.

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James




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