Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 02:10:40 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: BSD Freak <bsd-freak@mbox.com.au> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Making bind listen only to loopback interface Message-ID: <20020723231039.GA5517@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <5fff3c6016c0.6016c05fff3c@mbox.com.au> References: <5fff3c6016c0.6016c05fff3c@mbox.com.au>
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On 2002-07-24 08:47 +0000, BSD Freak wrote:
> Is there any quick and easy way to make BIND (the version shipped with
> 4.5-R and later) listen only the the loopback interface address (ie
> 127.0.0.1) instead of all available addresses?
Yes. As a matter of fact this is how I run my caching BIND at home.
You want to look up the description of the listen-on option. An
example of using the option in named.conf could be:
options {
listen-on { 127.0.0.1/32; };
};
- Giorgos
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