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) Experimental IPv6 Resolver Library 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. Multiprocessor Support, including working threads in this version BIND 9.6.0 includes a number of changes from BIND 9.5 and earlier releases, including: Full NSEC3 support Automatic zone re-signing New update-policy methods tcp-self and 6to4-self See the CHANGES file for more information on features. WWW: https://www.isc.org/software/bind