feat: add NS TTL consistency and NS-target CNAME checks
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Observe the NS RRset TTL from each parent server (ParentView.NSTTL) and
whether each NS target name is a CNAME alias (ChildNSView.CNAMETarget).
Two new rules judge the collected facts:

- delegation_ns_ttl_inconsistent: warns when parent servers disagree on
  the NS TTL, which indicates zone-data inconsistency between primaries.
- delegation_ns_is_cname: flags NS targets that are CNAME aliases as
  critical, per RFC 2181 §10.3 which forbids aliased NS names.
This commit is contained in:
nemunaire 2026-05-16 21:21:12 +08:00
commit 70c548284e
4 changed files with 125 additions and 6 deletions

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@ -58,12 +58,14 @@ func (p *delegationProvider) Collect(ctx context.Context, opts sdk.CheckerOption
for _, ps := range parentServers {
view := ParentView{Server: ps}
ns, glue, _, qerr := queryDelegation(ctx, ps, delegatedFQDN)
ns, glue, nsTTL, nsTTLKnown, qerr := queryDelegation(ctx, ps, delegatedFQDN)
if qerr != nil {
view.UDPNSError = qerr.Error()
} else {
view.NS = ns
view.Glue = glue
view.NSTTL = nsTTL
view.NSTTLKnown = nsTTLKnown
}
if terr := queryDelegationTCP(ctx, ps, delegatedFQDN); terr != nil {
@ -97,6 +99,11 @@ func (p *delegationProvider) Collect(ctx context.Context, opts sdk.CheckerOption
// Phase B: per-child observations, seeded only from parent data.
for _, nsName := range primary.NS {
child := ChildNSView{NSName: nsName}
if target, cerr := queryCNAMETarget(ctx, nsName); cerr == nil && target != "" {
child.CNAMETarget = target
}
addrs := primary.Glue[nsName]
if len(addrs) == 0 {
// Out-of-bailiwick: no glue expected, fall back to the system resolver.

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@ -108,15 +108,16 @@ func resolveZoneNSAddrs(ctx context.Context, zone string) ([]string, error) {
// queryDelegation expects a referral response (no RD) and pulls NS + glue
// from every section so misconfigured parents (NS in Answer) still parse.
func queryDelegation(ctx context.Context, parentServer, fqdn string) (ns []string, glue map[string][]string, msg *dns.Msg, err error) {
// nsTTL is the TTL of the first matching NS record (all RRset members share it).
func queryDelegation(ctx context.Context, parentServer, fqdn string) (ns []string, glue map[string][]string, nsTTL uint32, nsTTLKnown bool, err error) {
q := dns.Question{Name: dns.Fqdn(fqdn), Qtype: dns.TypeNS, Qclass: dns.ClassINET}
msg, err = dnsExchange(ctx, "", parentServer, q, true)
if err != nil {
return nil, nil, nil, err
msg, merr := dnsExchange(ctx, "", parentServer, q, true)
if merr != nil {
return nil, nil, 0, false, merr
}
if msg.Rcode != dns.RcodeSuccess {
return nil, nil, msg, fmt.Errorf("parent answered %s", dns.RcodeToString[msg.Rcode])
return nil, nil, 0, false, fmt.Errorf("parent answered %s", dns.RcodeToString[msg.Rcode])
}
glue = map[string][]string{}
@ -127,6 +128,10 @@ func queryDelegation(ctx context.Context, parentServer, fqdn string) (ns []strin
case *dns.NS:
if strings.EqualFold(strings.TrimSuffix(t.Header().Name, "."), strings.TrimSuffix(fqdn, ".")) {
ns = append(ns, strings.ToLower(dns.Fqdn(t.Ns)))
if !nsTTLKnown {
nsTTL = t.Header().Ttl
nsTTLKnown = true
}
}
case *dns.A:
name := strings.ToLower(dns.Fqdn(t.Header().Name))
@ -143,6 +148,20 @@ func queryDelegation(ctx context.Context, parentServer, fqdn string) (ns []strin
return
}
// queryCNAMETarget returns the CNAME target if host is an alias, or empty
// string if it is not. Uses the system resolver, consistent with resolveHost.
func queryCNAMETarget(ctx context.Context, host string) (string, error) {
var resolver net.Resolver
canon, err := resolver.LookupCNAME(ctx, strings.TrimSuffix(host, "."))
if err != nil {
return "", err
}
if strings.EqualFold(dns.Fqdn(canon), dns.Fqdn(host)) {
return "", nil
}
return strings.TrimSuffix(dns.Fqdn(canon), "."), nil
}
// queryDS uses TCP because DS+RRSIG answers commonly exceed UDP MTU.
func queryDS(ctx context.Context, parentServer, fqdn string) (ds []*dns.DS, sigs []*dns.RRSIG, err error) {
q := dns.Question{Name: dns.Fqdn(fqdn), Qtype: dns.TypeDS, Qclass: dns.ClassINET}

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@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ func Rules() []sdk.CheckRule {
&parentTCPRule{},
&nsMatchesDeclaredRule{},
&parentNSConsistencyRule{},
&nsTTLConsistencyRule{},
&inBailiwickGlueRule{},
&unnecessaryGlueRule{},
&dsQueryRule{},
@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ func Rules() []sdk.CheckRule {
&dsPresentAtParentRule{},
&dsRRSIGValidityRule{},
&nsResolvableRule{},
&nsTargetNotCNAMERule{},
&childReachableRule{},
&childAuthoritativeRule{},
&childSOASerialDriftRule{},
@ -532,6 +534,56 @@ func rrsigReason(sig DSRRSIGObservation, now time.Time) string {
}
}
type nsTTLConsistencyRule struct{}
func (r *nsTTLConsistencyRule) Name() string { return "delegation_ns_ttl_consistency" }
func (r *nsTTLConsistencyRule) Description() string {
return "Verifies that all parent authoritative servers serve the NS RRset with the same TTL"
}
func (r *nsTTLConsistencyRule) Evaluate(ctx context.Context, obs sdk.ObservationGetter, opts sdk.CheckerOptions) []sdk.CheckState {
data, errState := loadData(ctx, obs, "delegation_ns_ttl_inconsistent")
if errState != nil {
return errState
}
type entry struct {
server string
ttl uint32
}
var known []entry
for _, v := range data.ParentViews {
if v.NSTTLKnown {
known = append(known, entry{v.Server, v.NSTTL})
}
}
if len(known) < 2 {
return []sdk.CheckState{{
Status: sdk.StatusUnknown,
Code: "delegation_ns_ttl_inconsistent",
Message: "fewer than two parent servers returned an NS TTL",
}}
}
ref := known[0]
var bad []string
for _, e := range known[1:] {
if e.ttl != ref.ttl {
bad = append(bad, fmt.Sprintf("%s serves TTL %d (reference %d from %s)", e.server, e.ttl, ref.ttl, ref.server))
}
}
if len(bad) > 0 {
return []sdk.CheckState{{
Status: sdk.StatusWarn,
Code: "delegation_ns_ttl_inconsistent",
Message: fmt.Sprintf("NS TTL inconsistency: %s", strings.Join(bad, "; ")),
Meta: map[string]any{"reference_ttl": ref.ttl, "reference_server": ref.server},
}}
}
return []sdk.CheckState{{
Status: sdk.StatusOK,
Code: "delegation_ns_ttl_inconsistent",
Message: fmt.Sprintf("all parent servers agree on NS TTL (%ds)", ref.ttl),
}}
}
// ───────────────────────── child-side rules ─────────────────────────
type nsResolvableRule struct{}
@ -570,6 +622,44 @@ func (r *nsResolvableRule) Evaluate(ctx context.Context, obs sdk.ObservationGett
return out
}
type nsTargetNotCNAMERule struct{}
func (r *nsTargetNotCNAMERule) Name() string { return "delegation_ns_not_cname" }
func (r *nsTargetNotCNAMERule) Description() string {
return "Verifies that NS target names are not CNAME aliases (RFC 2181 §10.3)"
}
func (r *nsTargetNotCNAMERule) Evaluate(ctx context.Context, obs sdk.ObservationGetter, opts sdk.CheckerOptions) []sdk.CheckState {
data, errState := loadData(ctx, obs, "delegation_ns_is_cname")
if errState != nil {
return errState
}
if len(data.Children) == 0 {
return []sdk.CheckState{{
Status: sdk.StatusUnknown,
Code: "delegation_ns_is_cname",
Message: "no NS names to check",
}}
}
var out []sdk.CheckState
for _, c := range data.Children {
st := sdk.CheckState{Code: "delegation_ns_is_cname", Subject: c.NSName}
switch {
case c.CNAMETarget != "":
st.Status = sdk.StatusCrit
st.Message = fmt.Sprintf("NS target is a CNAME alias to %s (RFC 2181 §10.3 forbids this)", c.CNAMETarget)
st.Meta = map[string]any{"cname_target": c.CNAMETarget}
case c.ResolveError != "":
st.Status = sdk.StatusUnknown
st.Message = fmt.Sprintf("could not verify CNAME status: %s", c.ResolveError)
default:
st.Status = sdk.StatusOK
st.Message = "not a CNAME"
}
out = append(out, st)
}
return out
}
type childReachableRule struct{}
func (r *childReachableRule) Name() string { return "delegation_child_reachable" }

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@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ type ParentView struct {
UDPNSError string `json:"udp_ns_error,omitempty"`
TCPNSError string `json:"tcp_ns_error,omitempty"`
NS []string `json:"ns,omitempty"`
NSTTLKnown bool `json:"ns_ttl_known,omitempty"`
NSTTL uint32 `json:"ns_ttl,omitempty"`
Glue map[string][]string `json:"glue,omitempty"`
DSQueryError string `json:"ds_query_error,omitempty"`
DS []DSRecord `json:"ds,omitempty"`
@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ type ParentView struct {
type ChildNSView struct {
NSName string `json:"ns_name"`
CNAMETarget string `json:"cname_target,omitempty"`
ResolveError string `json:"resolve_error,omitempty"`
Addresses []ChildAddressView `json:"addresses,omitempty"`
}