diff --git a/decnet/templates/dns/server.py b/decnet/templates/dns/server.py
index 0380ab58..d3572a39 100644
--- a/decnet/templates/dns/server.py
+++ b/decnet/templates/dns/server.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ SERVICE_NAME   = "dns"
 LOG_TARGET     = os.environ.get("LOG_TARGET", "")
 ZONE_MODE      = os.environ.get("DNS_ZONE_MODE", "auth")
 BIND_VERSION   = os.environ.get("DNS_BIND_VERSION", "9.11.4-P2-RedHat-9.11.4-26.P2.el7_9.10")
+_AUTHORS       = os.environ.get("DNS_AUTHORS", "BIND9 Developers")
 _NSID_RAW      = os.environ.get("DNS_NSID", "")
 _EXTRA_RAW     = os.environ.get("DNS_EXTRA_RECORDS", "")
 REAL_RECURSIVE = os.environ.get("DNS_REAL_RECURSIVE", "").lower() in ("1", "true", "yes")
@@ -70,10 +71,21 @@ DOMAIN      = _generate_domain()
 DOMAIN_BARE = DOMAIN.rstrip(".")
 NSID        = _NSID_RAW if _NSID_RAW else seed.instance_uuid("nsid")[:16]
 
+# Module-level map so tests can introspect probe names without re-parsing.
+# Keys are the normalised qname (with trailing dot) as returned by _decode_name.
+_CHAOS_PROBE_MAP: dict[str, str] = {}  # populated after BIND_VERSION/NODE_NAME/NSID/_AUTHORS
+
 _SOA_SERIAL = int(seed.instance_hex(4, "soa-serial"), 16) % 99 + 2020010101
 NS1         = f"ns1.{DOMAIN_BARE}."
 NS2         = f"ns2.{DOMAIN_BARE}."
 
+_CHAOS_PROBE_MAP.update({
+    "version.bind.":  BIND_VERSION,
+    "hostname.bind.": NODE_NAME,
+    "id.server.":     NSID,
+    "authors.bind.":  _AUTHORS,
+})
+
 
 def _fake_ip(label: str = "") -> str:
     h = int(seed.instance_hex(3, f"ip:{label}"), 16)
@@ -692,12 +704,7 @@ def _handle(data: bytes, src_ip: str, src_port: int, transport: str) -> bytes |
 
     # ── CHAOS fingerprinting ───────────────────────────────────────────────
     if qclass == CLASS_CH and qtype == TYPE_TXT:
-        probe_map = {
-            "version.bind.":  BIND_VERSION,
-            "hostname.bind.": NODE_NAME,
-            "id.server.":     NSID,
-        }
-        answer_text = probe_map.get(qname, "")
+        answer_text = _CHAOS_PROBE_MAP.get(qname, "")
         _log(
             "fingerprint_probe",
             src=src_ip, src_port=src_port, transport=transport,
diff --git a/tests/service_testing/test_dns.py b/tests/service_testing/test_dns.py
index 324e7acc..835d8308 100644
--- a/tests/service_testing/test_dns.py
+++ b/tests/service_testing/test_dns.py
@@ -271,6 +271,27 @@ class TestFingerprintProbe:
         mod._handle(query, "10.0.0.1", 12345, "udp")
         assert not _events_of(events, "query")
 
+    def test_authors_bind_identified_by_name(self):
+        mod, events = _load_dns()
+        query = _build_query("authors.bind", mod.TYPE_TXT, qclass=mod.CLASS_CH)
+        resp = mod._handle(query, "10.0.0.1", 12345, "udp")
+        assert resp is not None
+        assert _rcode(resp) == mod.RCODE_NOERROR
+        probes = _events_of(events, "fingerprint_probe")
+        assert probes
+        assert probes[0]["probe"] == "authors.bind"
+        assert probes[0]["response"] != ""
+
+    def test_authors_bind_in_probe_map(self):
+        mod, _ = _load_dns()
+        assert "authors.bind." in mod._CHAOS_PROBE_MAP
+
+    def test_chaos_probe_map_introspectable(self):
+        mod, _ = _load_dns()
+        assert "version.bind." in mod._CHAOS_PROBE_MAP
+        assert "hostname.bind." in mod._CHAOS_PROBE_MAP
+        assert "id.server." in mod._CHAOS_PROBE_MAP
+
 # ── Zone transfer ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 class TestZoneTransfer: