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authorDoug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>2008-07-03 07:26:14 +0000
committerDoug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>2008-07-03 07:26:14 +0000
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BIND version 9 is a major rewrite of nearly all aspects of the underlying BIND
architecture. Some of the important features of BIND 9 are:
-DNS Security
- DNSSEC (signed zones)
- TSIG (signed DNS requests)
-IP version 6
- Answers DNS queries on IPv6 sockets
- IPv6 resource records (AAAA)
+DNS Security: DNSSEC (signed zones), TSIG (signed DNS requests)
+IP version 6: Answers DNS queries on IPv6 sockets, IPv6 resource records (AAAA)
Experimental IPv6 Resolver Library
-DNS Protocol Enhancements
- IXFR, DDNS, Notify, EDNS0
+DNS Protocol Enhancements: IXFR, DDNS, Notify, EDNS0
Improved standards conformance
-Views
- One server process can provide multiple "views" of
- the DNS namespace, e.g. an "inside" view to certain
- clients, and an "outside" view to others.
-
+Views: One server process can provide multiple "views" of the DNS namespace,
+ e.g. an "inside" view to certain clients, and an "outside" view to others.
Multiprocessor Support, including working threads in this version
+BIND 9.5 has a number of new features over previous versions, including:
+GSS-TSIG support (RFC 3645), DHCID support
+Experimental http server and statistics support for named via xml
+More detailed statistics counters, compatible with the ones supported in BIND 8
+Faster ACL processing
+Efficient LRU cache cleaning mechanism.
+NSID support (RFC 5001).
+
WWW: http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/sw/bind/index.php
- Doug Barton