BIND 9.2.0 Release Notes

New Features
New BIND 9.2.0 Features
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"tkey-domain". Otherwise, the name of the shared key will be
"random hex digits" + "tkey-domain". In most cases, the domain
name must be the server’s domain name.
• tkey-dhkey
This option is used to specify the Diffie-Hellman key used by the
server to generate shared keys for clients using the Diffie-Hellman
mode of TKEY. The server must be able to load the public and
private keys from files in the working directory. In most cases, the
keyname should be the server’s host name.
• port
This option is used to specify the port number to be used.
• sig-validity-interval
This option is used to specify the expiry time of DNSSEC signature
that is automatically generated as a result of dynamic updates.
Default is 30 days.
• 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” is the path name of 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