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End-of-Life -- NIOS 6.10
The following table shows the milestones, definitions, and dates in the lifecycle of NIOS 6.10 Event Description Dates General Availability New software releases with general maintenance support become available to the general public. 12/10/2013 Active Maintenance Period Infoblox Engineering provides active support with…
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Difference between a BIN/BIN2 file and an OVF/OVA file?
PROBLEM SUMMARY The difference between the OVA (open virtual appliance or application) and the BIN (binary) file? Which file should be download for upgrading the NIOS version or which file should be download for deploying an NIOS appliance? CUSTOMER ENVIRONMENT All NIOS environments. VERSIONS All versions of NIOS…
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Logs/data required to troubleshoot Reporting issues
Problem Summary This will help in collecting logs/data required to troubleshoot reporting issues. Customer Environment: Infoblox grid with reporting appliance. Version: All NIOS versions A specific report is delayed or not being generated Logs/data to be collected: Name of the reports that are affected? Were you able to…
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NIOS upgrade fails due to DHCP fingerprint conflict
Problem Summary Infoblox debug log shows "dhcp fingerprint conflict test upgrade failure" message. Customer Environment Customer wants to upgrade an Infoblox grid from version 6.10.x to version 6.11.x. Versions NIOS 6.10.x Cause If the customer has added custom DHCP finger print options which are system-defined in the NIOS…
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Does NIOS support DNS CAA records?
Problem Summary Support for CAA (Certification Authority Authorization) records is not available in the NIOS GUI. Customer Environment NIOS appliances operating with DNS service Versions NIOS 6.x and later versions Cause Although NIOS does not support CAA (Certification Authority Authorization) records, support for them…
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Appliances of IB-14x5 and IB-8x5 hardware types may intermittently fail to boot...
Problem Summary Appliances of IB-14x5 and IB-8x5 hardware type may intermittently fail to come up on reboot when soft reboot command is invoked. The command may be issued via GUI ("Product Restart") or CLI ("Reboot"), or as a part of the NIOS upgrade procedure (soft reboot is required for the appliance to switch to the new…
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How do DNS views and recursion work in Infoblox?
Summary How do DNS views and recursion work in Infoblox? Customer Environment A Grid or a standalone NIOS appliance with DNS views defined and recursion configured. Version All NIOS versions Answer If you are using DNS views under NIOS, and recursion is enabled at the Grid level, it is possible that you may be running a…
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Steps to update the new Root Zone KSK key to prevent potential DNS resolution issues
In 2016, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced a two-year execution plan for rolling over the Root Zone Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) KSK key. According to that plan, on October 11, 2017, a new KSK key (KSK-2017) was added to sign the Root Zone DNSKEY resource record…
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Infoblox NIOS & BloxOne® DDI products are not vulnerable to SIGRed Windows DNS Vulnerability
Summary Infoblox NIOS and BloxOne DDI products are not vulnerable CVE-2020-1350 Vulnerability in Windows Domain Name System (DNS) Server. Overview On July 14, 2020, CVE-2020-1350 was disclosed. | Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. Description CVE-2020-1350: Critical Remote Code Execution (RCE)…
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Infoblox NIOS product is vulnerable to CVE-2020-8616 and CVE-2020-8617
Summary Infoblox is vulnerable to the below issues related to BIND: CVE-2020-8616 CVE-2020-8617 Overview On May 19, 2020, ISC announced CVE-2020-8616. This vulnerability involves the way in which referrals are processed in BIND. It is possible for BIND to be abused in a reflection attack with a very high amplification…
