Hi Angus,
Just be aware that maintaining parrellel records is an overhead in the
longer term as it's a manual process of keeping things in sync.
Delegation is a simpler more natural solution in general.
Your pubic DNS servers can delegate to an internal DNS domain and then
you'll only have the internal addresses of your DNS servers in the
public domain.
For example
angusclark.com has public nameservers a.b.c.d and a.b.c.e
which delegates
int.angusclark.com to internal freeipa nameservers
ipa1.int.angusclark.com 10.10.10.10 and
ipa2.int.angusclark.com
10.10.10.11 using glue records on the public servers.
The you just follow the bouncing ball for setting up freeipa with
integrated DNS.
Outbound Name resolution would use the freeipa servers which would
forward to a convenient resolver or you do resolution via the root
nameservers which is probably a more secure solution.
-----Original Message-----
From: Angus Clarke via FreeIPA-users <
freeipa-users(a)lists.fedorahosted.org>
Reply-To: FreeIPA users list <freeipa-users(a)lists.fedorahosted.org>
To: Rafael Jeffman <rjeffman(a)redhat.com>, Peter Larsen <
peter(a)peterlarsen.org>
Cc: Dave Mintz <davemintz64(a)gmail.com>, FreeIPA users list <
freeipa-users(a)lists.fedorahosted.org>, Angus Clarke <
angus(a)charworth.com>
Subject: [Freeipa-users] Re: DNS and FreeIPA
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 23:26:31 +0000
Thanks for your replies, I think I need to focus on internal resolver
configuration and less on public subdomain delegation.
Cheers
Angus
From: Rafael Jeffman <rjeffman(a)redhat.com>
Sent: Monday, 27 December 2021, 11:11 pm
To: Peter Larsen
Cc: Angus Clarke; FreeIPA users list; Dave Mintz
Subject: Re: [Freeipa-users] Re: DNS and FreeIPA
Hello Angus,
Besides what Peter has written, let's get this warning from FreeIPA
site [1]:
**Avoid name collisions**
We strongly recommend that you do not use a domain name that is not
delegated to you, even on a private network. For example, you should
not use domain name
company.int if you don't have valid
delegation for
it in public DNS tree.
As you can see, it is similar to what was on the Red Hat documentation
you
mentioned before.
This first part of the warning says that you should not configure your
domain
name with some "random" name if you don't own the domain. For example,
you should not use "cisco.com",
"google.com"
or "redhat.com",
even if your
network is a private one. Note that, if it is a private network, you
"could" do it,
but you shouldn't do it.
Why? The answer is on the warning itself:
If this rule is not respected, the domain name will be resolved
differently
depending on the network configuration. As a result, network
resources
will become unavailable.
Using domain names that are not delegated to
you also makes DNSSEC more difficult to deploy and maintain. For
further information about this issue please see the ICANN FAQ on
domain name collisions.
Imagine you try to access google search and your private network uses
'google.com'
as the domain. You would probably be redirected to an internal
server, instead of Google's search engine. (I'll not even get into
DNSSEC
issues.)
So, you find everywhere about "a domain that is delegated to you",
well,
that domain is any domain you have registered (e.g.:
angusclark.com).
Even as your domain have nameserver which is probably not under your
control (and controlled by whom you registered your domain), you have
control over your domain, and as such, you can create subdomains on
your private network that will not collide with any other domain (say,
ipa.angusclark.com).
If you manage this domain from your internal FreeIPA servers, there
will be no name collision.
I have a (few) registered domain(s), which I use both as a public
facing server (static, github pages), and within my private network,
which no one from outside can see, I have a subdomain (ipa) which
I use for managing my users and hosts.
Regards,
Rafael
[1]:
https://www.freeipa.org/page/Deployment_Recommendations
On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 6:08 PM Peter Larsen <peter(a)peterlarsen.org>
wrote:
On 12/27/21 15:27, Angus Clarke wrote:
> Ok let's try this:
>
> I've just registered
angusclarke.com with a public DNS provider and am
> ready to deploy FreeIPA for my corporate network which uses a
private
> IP space. How do I do this?
This is where things get odd for me. Why are you registering a TLD
for a
private DNS server? That makes no sense. Public domain servers
require
public access by definition. Otherwise they don't work.
> According to this
>
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/...
>
> then I should have a domain delegated to me, but I am not a public
DNS
> provider,
Which means you shouldn't register a domain. Just add the domain to
freeIPA and have your clients use your FreeIPA dns server(s). Done.
All
free!
> I'm just Angus Clarke ... Nor do I want my private IP space
available
> to be looked up in a public DNS record
You don't. You cannot blow and have flour in your mouth at the same
time. When you register a domain you MUST provide public NS servers
which are authoritative for that domain which anyone querying your
domain will be forwarded to. By definition they HAVE to be public.
You
can absolutely expose your FreeIPA name servers to the public, but
it's
a whole other issue if you want to, as the configuration and
security
gets a bit convoluted - but it can be done.
> ... And I'd rather have my private IP records handled by my
internal
> DNS system - all of this is standard practise for companies and
> individuals however I dont think this topic is suitably addressed
in
> the redhat documentation - I see a disconnect in the
recommendation
> pasted above vs the installation documentation for FreeIPA.
For internal ONLY domains there is absolutely NO NEED to register a
domain with a public DNS service. You can even pretend to be
"cisco.com"
or other addresses and your clients will happily use your DNS server
(well, if DNSSEC is on it may not be that simple) instead of
Cisco's.
Public domains are for public access only. Your own network is your
own
domain (sic) and you can do what you want, without having to
register
anything.
>
> Maybe I've missed it, maybe I can promote the topic here and it can
be
> championed in the right direction, maybe I can even help on the
topic
> myself.
You're making it a lot harder. Just install FreeIPA, configure DNS
and
add your domain. Set your DHCP server to use your FreeIPA server's
IP
the DNS server address for the clients, renew the DHCP leases and
voila,
they're using that domain you just defined, internally only resolving
to
internal addresses etc.
--
Regards
Peter Larsen
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