BIND 9.2.0 Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v1

New and Changed Features
New BIND 9.2.0 Features
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“-b keysize” is used to specify the size of the authentication key in bits. The
value must range between 1 and 512. Default is 128 bits.
“-c keyfile” is used with the -a option to specify an alternate location for the
rndc.key file.
“-h” is used to print a short summary of the options and arguments to
rndc-confgen utility.
“-k keyname” is used to specify the key name of the rndc authentication key. This
must be a valid domain name. Default is rndc-key.
“-p port” is used to specify the command channel port where named listens for
connections from rndc. Default is 953.
“-r random file” is used to specify a source file of random data for generating
the authorization. Default is the /dev/random file, otherwise the input from the
keyboard is accepted.
“-s address” is used to specify the IP address where named listens for command
channel connections from rndc. Default is the loopback address 127.0.0.1.
“-t chrootdir” is used with the -a option to specify a directory where named
will run chrooted. An additional copy of the rndc.key will be written relative to
this directory so that it will be found by the chrooted named.
“-u user” is used with the -a option to set the owner of the generated rndc.key
file. If -t is also specified, the owner of the file in chroot area will be changed.
NOTE Refer to the rndc-confgen(1) man page for more information.
New Command Line Options
Table 1-1 lists the new command line options that have been added for the various
binaries and tools in BIND 9.2.0.
Table 1-1 New Command Line Options
Binaries/Tools Options Usage
dig -b Set the source IP address of the
query to address. This must be a
valid address on one of the host’s
network interfaces.