====== NIOS Setup ====== * Enable logon message. * Enable top of page banner. * Enable Grid backup to SCP server on a schedule. * Enable NTP. * Enable RPZ logging. * Enable protection for DNS records marked as protected (prevents dynamic updates overwriting them). * Enable ACL for recursive queries. * Mark all RFC1918 address PTR zones as either authoritative or forwarders. [[infoblox_threat_defense:endpoints#ptr_and_internal_zones|This page]] lists Private Zones for both IPv4 and IPv6. You may want to assign [[networking:ipv4|other]] as well. * Enable DNSSEC for recursion and install root keys. * Configure internal zones in list of Negative Trust Anchors. * Enable query monitoring. * Enable forwarding of log messages to SYSLOG server. * Enable SNMP. * Create proper FQDN for GM and install proper web certificate (signed by internal PKI). * Retrict ciphers on web server on Grid Manager. * Prep Dashboards for useful summary data of Grid Members. * Enable SSH on members. * Set DHCP to use modern records to DDNS ("standard" instead of "Interim"). * Enable DNS scavending to mark dynamic DNS not queried in 90 days as reclaimable and static DNS records not quried in 365 days (mark, not delete). * Create Smart Folder to show DNS records marked as reclaimable. * Adjust user setting to show 254 rows per page instead of the default 20. * Forward Audit log to System log. * Create support account and make sure all appliances are registered, licensed and have host names noted down in the hostname column.