features, such as IPv6 and DNSSEC secure resolution support.
We are running 9.0.0rc1 in production, and it has been
- successfully used as a root name server.
+ used as a root name server.
The distribution includes a new lightweight resolver library
and associated resolver daemon. These should still be considered
There have been some changes since beta 5; the highlights are:
The communication between "rndc" and "named" is now
- authenticated using digital signatures. To specify
- the keys, you now need an rndc.conf file and a
+ 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,
FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE
HP-UX 11
IRIX64 6.5
- NetBSD-current (with "unproven" pthreads)
+ NetBSD-current (with unproven-pthreads-0.17)
Red Hat Linux 6.0, 6.1, 6.2
Solaris 2.6, 7, 8 (beta)