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Stichting NLnet - NLnet Foundation
BIND 9.0.0b3
BIND 9.0.0b4
BIND 9.0.0b3 is the third public release of BIND 9 code. It will
BIND 9.0.0b4 is the fourth public release of BIND 9 code. It will
be most useful to advanced users working with IPv6 or DNSSEC.
BIND 9.0.0b3 is not functionally complete, and is not a release
candidate for BIND 9.0.0. ISC anticipates at least one additional
beta release between now and June, when BIND 9.0.0 is scheduled to
be released.
BIND 9.0.0b4 has almost all the functiolity of the upcoming
9.0.0 release. It is not a release candidate for BIND 9.0.0.
ISC anticipates at least one more beta release between now and
the release of BIND 9.0.0.
ISC does not recommend using BIND 9.0.0b3 for "production"
ISC does not recommend using BIND 9.0.0b4 for "production"
services.
We hope users of BIND 9.0.0b3 will provide feedback, bug fixes, and
enhancements. If you are not in a position to do so, it would
probably be better to wait until subsequent releases.
We hope users of BIND 9.0.0b4 will provide feedback and bug fixes.
There have been many changes since beta 2; the highlights are:
There have been many changes since beta 3; the highlights are:
The server now supports "views", a mechanism for answering
DNS queries differently to different requestors. This
will make split DNS setups much easier to build.
Stub zones have been implemented.
NOTIFY (RFC1996) has been implemented.
Additional configuration options have been implemented,
such as "max-cache-ttl" and "max-ncache-ttl".
Basic support for validation of DNSSEC signatures has
been implemented. For details, see doc/misc/dnssec.
More configuration options can be specified separately
for each view, including the "key" and "server" statements.
The "dig" and "host" tools have been completely rewritten
and are included in the base distribution.
Bug fixes. Most bugs reported against beta 2 have been
fixed.
Numerous bug fixes and code cleanups.
There are a few known bugs:
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On some systems, IPv6 and IPv4 sockets interact in
unexpected ways. For details, see doc/misc/ipv6.
For a detailed list of user-visible changes since beta 2, see
For a detailed list of user-visible changes since beta 3, see
the CHANGES file.
Some of the more significant items that will be implemented or
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Selective forwarding
Stub zones
Documentation
Future releases will contain a lot more documentation,
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Note to Programmers
The APIs for the libraries in BIND 9 are not yet frozen.
We expect the existing library interfaces in the release to be
quite stable, however, and unless we've specifically indicated that