Users are advised to start using the new names to avoid future
trouble.
-Special Domains
+Special domains
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Queries for all names in the ``.localhost`` domain will answer in accordance with :rfc:`6761` section 6.3 point 4.
That means that they will be answered with ``127.0.0.1``, ``::1`` or a negative response.
Additionally, a single minus *-* can be used as a filename to write the data to the standard output stream.
Previously the file was opened by the recursor, possibly in its chroot environment.
-New Settings
+New settings
^^^^^^^^^^^^
-- The :ref:`setting-extended-resolution-errors` has been added, enabling adding EDNS Extended Errors to responses.
-- The :ref:`setting-refresh-on-ttl-perc`, enabling an automatic cache-refresh mechanism.
+- The :ref:`setting-extended-resolution-errors` setting has been added, enabling adding EDNS Extended Errors to responses.
+- The :ref:`setting-refresh-on-ttl-perc` setting has been added, enabling an automatic cache-refresh mechanism.
- The :ref:`setting-ecs-ipv4-never-cache` and :ref:`setting-ecs-ipv6-never-cache` settings have been added, allowing an overrule of the existing decision whether to cache EDNS responses carrying subnet information.
- The :ref:`setting-aggressive-nsec-cache-size` setting has been added, enabling the functionality described in :rfc:`8198`.
- The :ref:`setting-x-dnssec-names` setting has been added, allowing DNSSEC metrics to be recorded in a different set of counter for given domains.
- The :ref:`setting-non-resolving-ns-max-fails` and :ref:`setting-non-resolving-ns-throttle-time` settings have been added, allowing the control of the cache of nameservers failing to resolve.
- The :ref:`setting-edns-padding-from` and :ref:`setting-edns-padding-mode` and :ref:`setting-edns-padding-tag` settings have been added, to control how padding is applied to answers sent to clients.
+- The :ref:`setting-tcp-fast-open-connect` setting has been added, it enables TCP Fast Connect for outgoing connections. Please read :ref:`tcp-fast-open-support` before enabling this feature.
Deprecated and changed settings
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- The :ref:`setting-query-local-address6` has been removed. It already was deprecated.
-New settings
-^^^^^^^^^^^^
-- A new setting :ref:`setting-tcp-fast-open-connect` has been introduced, it enables TCP Fast Connect for outgoing connections. Please read :ref:`tcp-fast-open-support` before enabling this feature.
-
4.3.x to 4.4.0
--------------
- The :ref:`setting-max-generate-steps` setting has been added. This sets the maximum number of steps that will be performed when loading a BIND zone with the ``$GENERATE`` directive. The default is 0, which is unlimited.
- The :ref:`setting-nothing-below-nxdomain` setting has been added. This setting controls the way cached NXDOMAIN replies imply non-existence of a whole subtree. The default is `dnssec` which means that only DNSSEC validated NXDOMAINS results are used.
- The :ref:`setting-qname-minimization` setting has been added. This options controls if QName Minimization is used. The default is `yes`.
-
+
4.1.x to 4.2.0
--------------