Previously, the dns_geoip API used isc_thread_key API for TLS, which is
fairly complicated and requires initialization of memory contexts, etc.
This part of code was refactored to use a ISC_THREAD_LOCAL pointer which
greatly simplifies the whole code related to storing TLS variables, and
creating the local memory context was moved to named and stored in the
named_g_geoip global context.
Loaded GeoIP2 databases are only released when named is shut down, but
not during server reconfiguration. This causes memory to be leaked
every time "rndc reconfig" or "rndc reload" is used, as long as any
GeoIP2 database is in use. Fix by releasing any loaded GeoIP2 databases
before reloading them. Do not call dns_geoip_shutdown() until server
shutdown as that function releases the memory context used for caching
GeoIP2 lookup results.
Instead of the explicit struct initializer with all member, rely on the fact
that static variables are explicitly initialized to 0 if not explicitly
initialized.
- revise mapping of search terms to database types to match the
GeoIP2 schemas.
- open GeoIP2 databases when starting up; close when shutting down.
- clarify the logged error message when an unknown database type
is configured.
- add new geoip ACL subtypes to support searching for continent in
country databases.
- map geoip ACL subtypes to specific MMDB database queries.
- perform MMDB lookups based on subtype, saving state between
queries so repeated lookups for the same address aren't necessary.
4708. [cleanup] Legacy Windows builds (i.e. for XP and earlier)
are no longer supported. [RT #45186]
4707. [func] The lightweight resolver daemon and library (lwresd
and liblwres) have been removed. [RT #45186]
4706. [func] Code implementing name server query processing has
been moved from bin/named to a new library "libns".
Functions remaining in bin/named are now prefixed
with "named_" rather than "ns_". This will make it
easier to write unit tests for name server code, or
link name server functionality into new tools.
[RT #45186]
4003. [security] When geoip-directory was reconfigured during
named run-time, the previously loaded GeoIP
data could remain, potentially causing wrong
ACLs to be used or wrong results to be served
based on geolocation. [RT #37720]
4002. [security] Lookups in GeoIP databases that were not
loaded could cause an assertion failure.
[RT #37679]
4001. [security] The caching of GeoIP lookups did not always
handle address families correctly, potentially
resulting in an assertion failure. [RT #37672]
3715. [bug] The region and city databases could fail to
initialize when using some versions of libGeoIP,
causing assertion failures when named was
configured to use them. [RT #35427]
3504. [func] Add support for ACLs based on geographic location,
using MaxMind GeoIP databases. Based on code
contributed by Ken Brownfield <kb@slide.com>.
[RT #30681]
