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diff --git a/contrib/bind9/HISTORY b/contrib/bind9/HISTORY index e98f9b4..9a3b759 100644 --- a/contrib/bind9/HISTORY +++ b/contrib/bind9/HISTORY @@ -1,5 +1,57 @@ Summary of functional enhancements from prior major releases of BIND 9: +BIND 9.8.0 + + BIND 9.8.0 includes a number of changes from BIND 9.7 and earlier + releases. New features include: + + - Built-in trust anchor for the root zone, which can be + switched on via "dnssec-validation auto;" + - Support for DNS64. + - Support for response policy zones (RPZ). + - Support for writable DLZ zones. + - Improved ease of configuration of GSS/TSIG for + interoperability with Active Directory + - Support for GOST signing algorithm for DNSSEC. + - Removed RTT Banding from server selection algorithm. + - New "static-stub" zone type. + - Allow configuration of resolver timeouts via + "resolver-query-timeout" option. + - The DLZ "dlopen" driver is now built by default. + - Added a new include file with function typedefs + for the DLZ "dlopen" driver. + - Made "--with-gssapi" default. + - More verbose error reporting from DLZ LDAP. + +BIND 9.7.0 + + BIND 9.7.0 includes a number of changes from BIND 9.6 and earlier + releases. Most are intended to simplify DNSSEC configuration. + + New features include: + + - Fully automatic signing of zones by "named". + - Simplified configuration of DNSSEC Lookaside Validation (DLV). + - Simplified configuration of Dynamic DNS, using the "ddns-confgen" + command line tool or the "local" update-policy option. (As a side + effect, this also makes it easier to configure automatic zone + re-signing.) + - New named option "attach-cache" that allows multiple views to + share a single cache. + - DNS rebinding attack prevention. + - New default values for dnssec-keygen parameters. + - Support for RFC 5011 automated trust anchor maintenance + - Smart signing: simplified tools for zone signing and key + maintenance. + - The "statistics-channels" option is now available on Windows. + - A new DNSSEC-aware libdns API for use by non-BIND9 applications + - On some platforms, named and other binaries can now print out + a stack backtrace on assertion failure, to aid in debugging. + - A "tools only" installation mode on Windows, which only installs + dig, host, nslookup and nsupdate. + - Improved PKCS#11 support, including Keyper support and explicit + OpenSSL engine selection. + BIND 9.6.0 Full NSEC3 support |
