option allow-query

[Kevin Darcy]

syn uw wrote:

> Hello,
> I am currently using BIND v4.9.8 on OpenBSD and I would like to restrict the
> people allowed to
> use my DNS server to a network or IP address. I know for BIND v8.x.x you
> have the option
> allow-query but under BIND v4.x.x I can't find the equivalent ! Does anybody
> know the equivalent
> or is there simply no possibility to limit the use of my DNS server with
> BIND v4 ?

There is supposedly a way to do this with BIND 4, but I've never used it -- not
even in testing -- so I feel unqualified to explain how to do so.

Really, if you want to use advanced features like this, you should move to at
least BIND 8.2.3, if not BIND 9...


- Kevin