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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New BIND 9.2.0 Features
This section describes the new features in BIND 9.2.0.
New Options in Options Statement
The following lists the new options added in the Options statement:
• dump-file
This option is used to specify the pathname of the file to which the server
dumps the database with the rndc dumpdb command. Default is
named_dump.db. The syntax of dump-file option in the Options
statement in the /etc/named.conf file is as shown below:
dump-file “path_name”;
where:
path_name specifies the file to which the server dumps the database.
• statistics-file
This option is used to specify the pathname of the file in which the server
appends statistics using the rndc stats command. Default is named.stats
in the server’s current directory. The syntax of statistics-file option in
the “Options” statement in the /etc/named.conf file is as shown below:
statstics-file “path_name”;
The statistics file generated by BIND 9.2.0 is similar, but not identical, to that
generated by BIND 8.1.2. For information on the format of the statistics file and
the statistics counters, refer to the named-conf(1) man page distributed with
this release.
• blackhole
This option is used to specify a list of addresses from which the server will not
accept queries or and does not use them to resolve a query. Default is none.
The syntax of blackhole option in the “Options” statement in the
/etc/named.conf file is as shown below:
[ blackhole {address_match_list {; ]
• coresize