From: Evan Hunt <each@isc.org>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:30:44 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: updated README with a more complete list of new features (it
X-Git-Tag: v9.9.0b1^2~3
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=96b1a311fc960d146193532bbbebcfcaa7ea7926;p=thirdparty%2Fbind9.git

updated README with a more complete list of new features (it
hadn't been touched since 9.9.0a1)
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diff --git a/README b/README
index 1cb5dfc2c82..60d92be3899 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -50,20 +50,28 @@ BIND 9
 
 BIND 9.9.0
 
-	BIND 9.9.0 includes a number of changes from BIND 9.6 and earlier
+	BIND 9.9.0 includes a number of changes from BIND 9.8 and earlier
 	releases.  New features include:
 
+        - Inline signing, allowing automatic DNSSEC signing of
+          master zones without modification of the zonefile, or 
+          "bump in the wire" signing in slaves.
         - NXDOMAIN redirection.
-        - Improved scalability from using multiple threads to
-          listen for queries.
         - New 'rndc flushtree' command clears all data under a given
           name from the DNS cache.
-        - New 'rndc sync' command dumps pending changes in a dynamic zone
-          to disk without a freeze/thaw cycle.
+        - New 'rndc sync' command dumps pending changes in a dynamic
+          zone to disk without a freeze/thaw cycle.
+        - New 'rndc signing' command displays or clears signing status
+          records in 'auto-dnssec' zones
+        - NSEC3 parameters for 'auto-dnssec' zones can now be set prior
+          to signing, eliminating the need to initially sign with NSEC.
+        - Startup time improvements on large authoritative servers
+        - Slave zones are now saved in raw format by default
+        - Several improvements to response policy zones (RPZ)
+        - Improved scalability from using multiple threads to
+          listen for queries.
         - The 'also-notify' option now takes the same syntax as
           'masters', so it can used named masterlists and TSIG keys.
-        - 'auto-dnssec' zones can now have NSEC3 parameters set prior
-          to signing.
         - 'dnssec-signzone -D' writes an output file containing only DNSSEC
           data, which can be included by the primary zone file.
         - 'dnssec-signzone -R' forces removal of signatures that are
@@ -78,6 +86,9 @@ BIND 9.9.0
           table per RFC 6303.
         - Dynamic updates can now optionally set the zone's SOA serial
           number to the current UNIX time.
+        - DLZ modules can now retrieve the source IP address of
+          the querying client
+        - 'request-ixfr' option can now be set at the per-zone level.
 
 BIND 9.8.0