[Unbound-users] Validation failure of DNSSEC signed domain names

Zbynek Michl zbynek.michl at nic.cz
Wed May 5 12:58:56 UTC 2010


Hmm, so I used optimalization according to documentation 
<http://www.unbound.net/documentation/howto_optimise.html> and it seems that 
Unbound works fine right now :) I am going to do some more tests.

Thanks,
Zbynek

On 5.5.2010 13:51, Zbynek Michl wrote:
> Hi Wouter,
>
> On 4.5.2010 10:48, W.C.A. Wijngaards wrote:
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>> Hi Zbynek,
>>
>> Can you try with the svn trunk r2107? I have made a bugfix which may
>> help, it stops unbound from disabling its dnssec expectation after it
>> has seen a response fail without rrsigs. This could turn into a long
>> causation chain: dnssec expectation lost, therefore EDNS backoff
>> possible (with timeouts happening), therefore EDNS backoff stored in
>> cache, stopping it from sending DO bits (and a bug fixed in r2106 where
>> this fact got 'stuck' into the cache).
>
> Still the same :( The only difference is when "strange" state occurs
> then replies for DNSSEC queries which I never tried before are OK, but
> those I have already been tried are still SERVFAILed.
>
>> After discussion with my colleague I think this fix may help... The
>> evidence you kindly provided supports the hypothesis and this fix should
>> stop it from failing continuously (but a single query still fails).
>>
>> Also, I believe there to be some trouble with your setup, which is
>> causing unbound to have slower turnaround; can you email me (offlist if
>> you want) your configuration (unbound.conf and what is your ulimit(open
>> files) for unbound, did you compile with libevent) ? I think this
>> slower turnaround exists because you have that failing query.
>
> Yes, Unbound is compiled with libevent.
>
> # ulimit -n
> 32768
>
> This is my config for testing purposes:
>
> --- CONFIG ---
> --- /CONFIG ---
>
> Regards,
> Zbynek
>
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Wouter
>>
>> On 04/30/2010 06:32 PM, Zbynek Michl wrote:
>>> So in the "strange" state the resolver does not send queries with DO
>>> bit, thus does not receive RRSIG for query type and therefore it can not
>>> validate result. Then the remote authoritative server (who sent answer
>>> without RRSIG) is added to the blacklist.
>>>
>>> In the log (complete version has been sent in previous mail):
>>>
>>> Request for DS nic.cz is sent to 194.0.12.1 (without DO bit), replied DS
>>> is not validated due to missing its RRSIG and 194.0.12.1 is blacklisted.
>>
>>>>> Hmm, r2106 experiences the same issue :(
>>>>>
>>>>> It seems that there is no exact change between correct/incorrect
>>>>> validation in the one time point. On the start there are all answers
>>>>> correct, and when I am trying more and more (different in a few
>>>>> cycles)
>>>>> requests, then there are more and more incorrect answers. And in some
>>>>> time point all answers are incorrect from the resolver until cache is
>>>>> flushed (probably).
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Zbynek
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