Lisa and Michael, Thank you for your input. I did not think about the rndc so I reloaded just for the heck of it. Yet I am still not getting Metasploit to show the recursive call working. Here is the named.conf.options file: options { directory "/var/cache/bind"; dump-file "/var/cache/bind/data/cache_dump.db"; statistics-file "/var/cache/bind/data/named_stats.txt"; recursion yes; auth-nxdomain no; # conform to RFC1035 allow-recursion { any; }; allow-query { any; }; // allow-query-cache { any; }; listen-on port 53 { any; }; }; I was unable to get the allow-query-cache line to load, I am not sure what I did wrong. I did find the same pages and I have been through them, but I do not see what I am missing. What else am I missing? Thank You, David P.S. Lisa – thank you so much for yesterday. You have really given my class a lot to talk about. I am looking forward to class this week with them to see what else is said. From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Lisa Kachold Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 4:48 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: Setting Up Bind9 Test Hi David! Nice to see you on Saturday! Bind9 can be fussy (rndc controls everything). You ARE changing the right item to turn recursion on. http://www.eukhost.com/forums/f15/turning-off-dns-recursion-bind-2283/ But you can also do this in a Bind9 ACL using the "Views" feature: http://www.bind9.net/manual/bind/9.3.1/Bv9ARM.ch07.html http://oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/networking/news/views_0501.html Are you restarting named after a change? "/etc/init.d/named restart" If you have rndc are you reloading? "rdnc reload" Do you have logging turned on, so you can see what is happening? https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIND9ServerHowto Are you editing the right file? There's a chroot? "locate named.conf" On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 10:27 AM, David Demland wrote: I am trying to set up a DNS poisoning test as an example for my class. I have setup both an Ubuntu 6.10 and 10.10 server. When I use my Backtrack system to check the DNS server I get a message “This server is not replying to recursive requests”. I have added “allow-recursion { any; };” to my configuration file. Yet the Backtrack system still fails. What do I have to do to allow on the DNS server for the Backtrack system to do the recursive request? Thank you for your help, David --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- (602) 791-8002 Android (623) 239-3392 Skype (623) 688-3392 Google Voice ** HomeSmartInternational.com _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1392 / Virus Database: 1520/3834 - Release Date: 08/14/11