** Changed in: systemd (Debian)
Status: Unknown => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1449001
Title:
systemd-resolved: please do not use Google public DNS by default
Status in systemd:
New
Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
Fix Committed
Status in systemd source package in Xenial:
New
Status in systemd source package in Yakkety:
New
Status in systemd source package in Zesty:
New
Status in systemd source package in Artful:
Fix Committed
Status in systemd package in Debian:
Fix Released
Bug description:
systemd-resolved will fall back to Google public DNS (8.8.8.8, etc.)
in the absence of other configured DNS servers.
systemd-resolved is not enabled by default in Ubuntu 15.04, but it is
installed by default and will behave in this way if enabled by the
user.
$ cat /etc/systemd/resolved.conf
(...)
# Entries in this file show the compile time defaults.
(...)
#FallbackDNS=8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 2001:4860:4860::8888 2001:4860:4860::8844
This raises privacy concerns since in the event of accidental
misconfiguration DNS queries will be sent unencrypted across the
internet, and potentially also security concerns given systemd-
resolved does not perform DNSSEC validation and is not particularly
well hardened against malicious responses e.g. from a MITM
(http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/12/5).
I believe that it would be better to fail safe if no DNS server is
configured -- i.e. have DNS lookups fail; it's better that the user is
aware of their misconfiguration, rather than silently sending their
queries to Google. The user can intentionally opt to use Google
public DNS if they wish.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Remove existing DNS configuration (from /etc/network/interfaces,
/etc/resolv.conf, /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/*)
2. Reboot, or otherwise clear relevant state
3. sudo service systemd-resolved start
4. Note that Google's servers are listed in /run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf
5. If systemd-resolved is enabled in /etc/nsswitch.conf (it isn't by
default), observe that DNS lookups probably still work, and queries are being
sent to one of Google's servers
Possible workaround/bugfix: ship a resolved.conf which clears the FallbackDNS
parameter.
This issue has been discussed in the Debian BTS
(https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=761658). My interpretation
of the Debian package maintainer's position is that a user concerned with the
privacy implications shouldn't let systemd get into a state where it uses the
fallback DNS servers (quoting Marco d'Itri: "Short summary: have a resolv.conf
file or use DHCP"). I would argue that it's safest not to have fallback DNS
servers configured at all by default.
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