Stichting NLnet - NLnet Foundation
-BIND 9.0.0rc1
+BIND 9.0.0rc2
- BIND 9.0.0rc1 is a release candidate for the upcoming
+ BIND 9.0.0rc2 is a release candidate for the upcoming
9.0.0 release. The only changes expected between
- rc1 and the final release are bug fixes and documentation
+ rc2 and the final release are bug fixes and documentation
updates.
The 9.0.0 release, and this release candidate, is aimed at
early adopters and those who wish to make use of new 9.0
features, such as IPv6 and DNSSEC secure resolution support.
- We are running 9.0.0rc1 in production, and it has been
+ We are running 9.0.0rc2 in production, and it has been
used as a root name server.
The distribution includes a new lightweight resolver library
The support for secure resolution is still to be considered
experimental.
- There have been some changes since beta 5; the highlights are:
-
- The communication between "rndc" and "named" is now
- authenticated using digital signatures. Because of
- this, rndc now requires a configuration file "rndc.conf"
- containing a shared secret, with a corresponding
- "controls" clause in named.conf.
-
- When the server is chrooted using the -t option,
- it no longer needs copies of the passwd and group
- files in the chroot environment.
-
- Various bug fixes and cleanups, especially
- in the dig, host, nslookup, and nsupdate
- programs.
+ Several bugs found in rc1 have been fixed. For a detailed
+ list of user-visible changes, see the CHANGES file.
There are a few known bugs:
If you are upgrading from BIND 8, please read the migration
notes in doc/misc/migration.
- For a detailed list of user-visible changes since beta 5, see
- the CHANGES file.
-
Building
Red Hat Linux 6.0, 6.1, 6.2
Solaris 2.6, 7, 8 (beta)
+ We have received reports of success from users of the
+ following additional platforms:
+
+ Solaris 2.8
+
To build, just
./configure