FW: Can IPTables check for a valid IP address

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Thanks. I know what to do.

Regards,

Lars Da,

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Van: netfilter-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:netfilter-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Namens Michael Schwartzkopff
Verzonden: Thursday, September 18, 2014 5:31 PM
Aan: netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Onderwerp: Re: Can IPTables check for a valid IP address

Am Donnerstag, 18. September 2014, 17:11:36 schrieb R. Sterenborg:
> On 09/18/2014 03:50 PM, Lars Dam wrote:
> > We suffer from DNS lookups with a response IP address which is not 
> > existing.
> > 
> > Can Iptables check on this?
> 
> What is it you actually want iptables to do? Do you want it to check 
> if the IP address that the DNS server responds with exists and is in use?
> Or..? Maybe the DNS server should be fixed instead of trying to go this way.
> 
> Iptables (well, Netfilter) is a packet filter. You can filter packets 
> that match a rule that you define. It can't validate your DNS server's 
> output

iptables cannot help you since the source IP address presumably varies. If the source address does not vary than iptables can help you.

Just google "iptables rate limit"


Anyway, it seems that you operate a open resolver on your server. Please google, why this is not a good idea. But if you really want to run a open resolver, than read the docs of your DNS server how to limit the request rates. For bind, see:

http://ss.vix.su/~vjs/rl-arm.html
 .



Mit freundlichen Grüßen,

Michael Schwartzkopff

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