Search domains in our environment (Proposal)

[Mike McGrath]

Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
> On Dec 19, 2007 4:06 PM, Mike McGrath <mmcgrath at redhat.com> wrote:
>   
>> Mike McGrath wrote:
>>     
>>> Comments?  +1's?  -1's?  I'm basically going for ease of use among the
>>> admins and since most people "ssh puppet1" instead of "ssh
>>> puppet1.fedora.phx.redhat.com" I think in our diverse environment it
>>> will be worth it and is easier then hosting a separate DNS server in
>>> each of our locations.
>>>       
>> I forgot to mention one other concern.  A MitM attack or DNS poisoning.
>> This possibility does exist, but exists in our environment as is
>> anyway.  This is something we should look at mitigating but other than
>> running a DNS server at every site, I'm not totally sure how to fix it.
>> I consider all of our donations as partnerships.  After all, they have
>> local access to the box.  At the same time though it is something we
>> should count as a risk and mitigate as much as possible.
>>
>>     
>
> As far as I can tell the only way to lower the risk of DNS poisoning
> is local DNS servers. Having them getting DNS files from a central
> host via a signed methodology would be not much different than
> /etc/hosts except you can use other tricks and failovers
>   

We could also implement stricter IP tables rules regarding creating 
external TCP connections.

    -Mike