Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 07:55:54 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> 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: <20020724065554.GB88546@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> In-Reply-To: <5fff3c6016c0.6016c05fff3c@mbox.com.au> References: <5fff3c6016c0.6016c05fff3c@mbox.com.au>
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On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 08:47:10AM +1000, 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. You can add a `listen-on' statement to the options section of
named.conf:
options {
[...]
listen-on {
127.0.0.1;
};
[...]
};
The named.conf(5) man page has the full details.
Cheers,
Matthew
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