Internet exposure checks and response rate limiting
Jarl works out which views are reachable from the internet (match-clients
ending in a catch-all, not private-looking addresses: an internal view of a
global IPv6 prefix is still yours; a server without views: open allow-query
and a non-private listen address), with a per-view override (schema 9), and
checks public ones: rate limiting, open resolver, minimal-any, cache
snooping, open NOTIFY and transfers, version and host name, management
interfaces. Fixes are staged like any change, including rate limiting from
ISC's example in log-only mode with the secondaries exempt, then enforcing.
named logs what rate limiting limits (or would, in log-only mode, where its
counters don't move) as query-errors; Jarl routes those lines to its log
and counts them (rrl breakdown, ratelimited top lists, Prometheus
jarl_ratelimit_logged_total), shown on the new Exposure page.
A change that newly opens a public view up must be confirmed (accept_risk,
--accept-risk, a checkbox on the Changes page; 409 confirm_risk
otherwise). Findings can be acknowledged with a reason and stay visible as
info. GET /exposure, POST /exposure/fix|ack|unack, jarl exposure,
docs/exposure.md.
Also fixes query statistics skipping TSIG-signed queries ("IP#port/key
NAME" in named's log).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Internet exposure
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When a view (or the whole server) can be reached from the internet, a few
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things matter that don't on your own network: it shouldn't help attackers
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flood others with DNS answers (amplification), recurse for strangers, or
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tell scanners its exact version. Jarl works out which views are public,
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checks them, and stages the fixes for you to review.
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In the web UI: **Exposure** (and its card on the dashboard). In the CLI:
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`jarl exposure`. In the API: `GET /api/v1/exposure`.
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## Which views are public
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A view is **public** when its `match-clients` let in anyone: after ACLs
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and ranges are filled in, they end in a catch-all (`any`, `0.0.0.0/0`,
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`::/0`, or a prefix wider than /8 for IPv4 or /16 for IPv6), or they are
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empty, which named reads as "any". A typical external view
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(`match-clients { any; }` or `{ !internal; any; }`) is public.
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A view that lists the networks it serves is **private**, whatever kind of
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addresses those are. An internal view for your global IPv6 prefix
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(`2a02:8013:7f3d:10::/64`) is as private as one for `192.168.1.0/24`:
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listing a network says "these are mine". Jarl doesn't look at whether
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addresses are private (RFC 1918, ULA) for this, because on IPv6 your own
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devices have global addresses.
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A view whose `match-destinations` list only private addresses (it answers
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only on a private interface) is private too.
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**A server without views** has no match list, so Jarl looks at
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`allow-query` and where named listens: it is public when anyone may query
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it (`allow-query` unset, or with a catch-all) **and** named listens on an
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address that isn't private (a public IPv4 address or a global IPv6
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address of this host). This can't see your firewall, so it is a guess.
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**When Jarl gets it wrong**, override it per view: `public`, `private` or
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`auto`. For example, behind a NAT port forward named only ever sees
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private addresses although it is reachable from the internet.
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```sh
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jarl view update external --exposure public
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jarl settings set --exposure private # a server without views
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```
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The Exposure page shows each view's classification and the reason
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("match-clients ends in any", "match-clients lists only homelab, no
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catch-all"), with a selector for the override.
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## The checks
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They run on public views only, and are warnings (they don't stop you
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applying) unless acknowledged.
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| Code | What | Fix Jarl can stage |
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|------|------|-------------------|
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| `exposure_rate_limit` | No response rate limiting: the view can be used to flood others with its answers (DNS amplification) | `rate-limit { responses-per-second 10; log-only yes; exempt-clients { your secondaries }; }` |
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| `exposure_rate_limit_log_only` (info) | Rate limiting only logs | The same block without `log-only`: start enforcing |
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| `security_open_resolver` | Recursion for anyone: an open resolver | `recursion no` in that view |
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| `exposure_minimal_any` | ANY queries get full answers, a favourite for amplification | `minimal-any yes` |
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| `exposure_cache_snooping` | `allow-query-cache` lets anyone see what your clients look up | `allow-query-cache { none; }` |
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| `security_open_transfer` | Zone transfers for anyone | none: allow your secondaries or a TSIG key |
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| `exposure_open_notify` | `allow-notify` accepts NOTIFY from anyone | none: allow your primaries |
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| `exposure_version` | `dig CH TXT version.bind` shows the exact BIND version | `version none` |
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| `exposure_hostname` | `dig CH TXT hostname.bind` shows the host name | `hostname none` |
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| `exposure_management` | `controls` or `statistics-channels` on an address that isn't loopback, open to anyone | none: use 127.0.0.1 or an allow list |
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The last three are server-wide: they are checked when any view is public.
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A **fix** goes into your pending changes like any edit (or is applied at
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once in live mode), so you see the named.conf diff before it reaches named:
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```sh
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jarl exposure # classification, findings, fixes
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jarl exposure fix external exposure_rate_limit
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jarl exposure fix server exposure_version
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```
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## Response rate limiting
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Response rate limiting (RRL, BIND's `rate-limit`) counts identical
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responses sent to the same client network. Past the limit, named drops
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some and "slips" others: it sends a short reply asking the client to retry
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over TCP (or with a DNS cookie). A real client does; the spoofed victim of
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an amplification attack never sees the answers it didn't ask for. ISC
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recommends it for authoritative servers only, so Jarl only suggests it for
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public views, never for your internal resolver.
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Jarl starts from ISC's example, 10 identical responses per second per
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client network, and exempts the servers your zones notify and allow
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transfers to (`also-notify` and `allow-transfer` addresses, through ACLs
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too): limiting your own secondaries is the classic RRL mistake.
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**Rollout in two steps:**
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1. The fix turns rate limiting on with `log-only yes`. named answers
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everyone as before, but logs every response it *would* have limited.
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With [query statistics](stats.md) on, Jarl reads those lines: the
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Exposure page shows how many responses would have been limited, and
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which client networks and names. Check that your secondaries,
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monitoring, or a big shared resolver aren't among them (add them to
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`exempt-clients` if they are).
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2. When you're happy, **Start enforcing** (the fix of
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`exposure_rate_limit_log_only`) removes `log-only`.
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In log-only mode named's own counters don't move: what would be limited
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is only in its log (category `query-errors`). That is why the activity
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needs query statistics; without them, look at named's log for
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`would rate limit`. When rate limiting is configured and statistics are
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on, Jarl adds `query-errors` to its log channel (keeping named's syslog
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destination for it).
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The statistics also count it: the `rrl` breakdown (`drop`, `slip`,
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`would-drop`, `would-slip`), the `ratelimited` and `ratelimited_name` top
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lists, and in Prometheus `jarl_ratelimit_logged_total{action}` next to
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named's own `jarl_ratelimit_responses_total` ([metrics.md](metrics.md)).
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You can tune the block like any option (`jarl option set rate-limit '{
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responses-per-second 20; window 15; exempt-clients { 192.0.2.53; }; }'
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--view external`); the BIND ARM describes every setting.
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## Confirming a change that opens a view up
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A change that *introduces* an open resolver, open zone transfers, cache
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snooping, open NOTIFY or an open management interface on a public view
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must be confirmed:
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- **Web UI:** the Changes page shows the finding with a checkbox (*I
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understand: …*); **Apply** stays disabled until it is ticked.
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- **CLI:** the command stops (exit 5) and says why; run it again with
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`--accept-risk`.
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- **API:** `accept_risk: true` in the apply body, or `?accept_risk=1` on a
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change applied at once; without it the answer is 409 `confirm_risk`.
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Previews (`GET /changesets/{id}/preview`) list them as `risks`.
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Only changes that newly open something up ask: an unrelated change to a
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view that is already open, or taking back an acknowledgement, doesn't.
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## Acknowledging a finding
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Some findings are deliberate: a public resolver for a club's network, a
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visible version string. Acknowledge them with a reason:
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```sh
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jarl exposure ack external security_open_resolver --reason "public resolver for the club, monitored"
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jarl exposure ack server exposure_version --reason "version shown on purpose"
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jarl exposure unack external security_open_resolver
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```
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The finding doesn't disappear: it stays visible as **info**, with who
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accepted it, when and why (*open resolver … (acknowledged by adam on 12
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Oct 2026: public resolver for the club, monitored)*), on the Exposure page,
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the dashboard and in `jarl check`. An acknowledgement covers that one
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finding on that one view (or the server); the same finding elsewhere
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warns as usual. Acknowledging is a configuration change like any other,
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so it is in the history and audit log, and can be reverted.
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Jarl isn't designed to run an open resolver, and an acknowledgement makes
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one deliberate and visible, not safe: a public resolver also needs abuse
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monitoring, response size limits and usually a machine of its own.
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## API
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| Method | Path | Body |
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| GET | `/exposure` | `scopes` (per view, or the server: `public`, `override`, `reason`, `rate_limit` off/log-only/enforcing, `findings` with `fix` where Jarl has one), `server` (server-wide findings), `rate_limiting` (last 24h, with statistics: `counts`, `networks`, `names`) |
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| POST | `/exposure/fix` | `{"view": "external", "code": "exposure_rate_limit"}` (`view_id` works too; no view: the server). Staged with `?changeset=` like any change |
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| POST | `/exposure/ack` | `{"view": "external", "code": "security_open_resolver", "reason": "..."}` |
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| POST | `/exposure/unack` | `{"view": "external", "code": "security_open_resolver"}` |
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The override is a view's `exposure` field (`PATCH /views/{id}`), or the
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settings' for a server without views (`PATCH /settings`).
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