random device settings on bind9

[Micheal Patterson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joshua Lewis" <jmlewis at dslextreme.com>
To: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 10:44 PM
Subject: random device settings on bind9


>I have set up bind 9.2.3 on 4.10. I followed the instructions for 
>setting
> up random as per the instructions at the end of the bind install.
>
> the instructions say to add the rndc-key in my namd.conf. I was 
> wondering
> if that is a good idea? Doesn't this file get quarried by people on 
> the
> Internet. So am I basically just showing my secret key to everyone?
>
>
> Thank you,
> Joshua Lewis
>


No you're not. The named.conf file doesn't get queried from the net. 
It's only function is to provide options to the daemon and how to 
respond to the rndc command channel.

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Micheal Patterson
TSG Network Administration
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