The BIND 9.x server implementation must be configured with a channel to send audit records to a local file.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
DNS software administrators require DNS transaction logs for a wide variety of reasons including troubleshooting, intrusion detection, and forensics. Ensuring that the DNS transaction logs are recorded on the local system will provide the capability needed to support these actions.
- ID
- SV-207547r879582_rule
- Version
- BIND-9X-001041
- Severity
- Low
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Edit the "named.conf" file and add the following:
logging {
channel local_file_channel {
file "path_name" versions 3;
print-time yes;