SKSP DNS

Skullspace DNS

Domain registered with GoDaddy and owned/controlled by Ron Bowes.

System Details

• Soekris NET4501
• Running OpenBSD (5.5 as of initial deploy, subject to change with maintenance).
• Initially setup and maintained by Sean Cody
• IPv4: 206.220.196.51
• IPv6: 2604:4280:1:c0de::53

System is setup to only allow SSH with key based authentication. Elevated access is given by means of using sudo(8) with allowance for those in the wheel group.

DNS Service Configuration

Using OpenBSD 5.5 base DNS server service named nsd(8).

Stop/Start Procedures

System/Service Level

Start

sudo /etc/rc.d/nsd start

Stop

sudo /etc/rc.d/nsd stop

Restart

sudo /etc/rc.d/nsd restart

Application Level

Stop

sudo nsd-control start

Stop

sudo nsd-control stop

Reload Configuration

sudo nsd-control reconfig

Force Notify To Configured Slaves

sudo nsd-control notify

sudo nsd-control notify <zonename>

Configuration

Configuration file is in /var/nsd/etc/nsd.conf Zone locations: /var/nsd/zones

When editing the configuration it is RECOMMENDED to check the configuration syntax before restarting (via sudo nsd-checkconf /var/nsd/etc/nsd.conf) and RECOMMENDED to use the nsd-control reconfig instead of service restart restart.

Configured Zones

Forward Zones

• skullspace.ca
  • /var/nsd/zones/skullspace.ca

Reverse Zones

• 193.220.206.in-addr-arpa
  • /var/nsd/zones/reverse-sksp-ipv4-a.sksp

• e.d.0.c.0.8.2.4.4.0.6.2.ip6.arpa
  • /var/nsd/zones/reverse-sksp-ipv6-a.sksp

NOTE THERE ARE TWO MORE REVERSE ZONES THAT NEED TO BE CONFIGURED

Slave Delegation

NS2

ns2.skullspace.ca A     104.131.53.85
ns2.skullspace.ca AAAA  2604:a880:800:10::8:7001

Run By: Theo Baschak

NS3

ns3.skullspace.ca A    198.98.120.171
ns3.skullspace.ca AAAA 2605:f700:c0:1::3782:2f74

Run By: Mark Jenkins

System Access

Email it AT skullspace.ca with your request, the more detail the better and the higher the probability of getting said access. Note requires also sending an SSH public key.