BIND 9.3.2 Release Notes (5900-1575, April 2011)

1 BIND 9.3.2 Release Notes
This document discusses the most recent product information pertaining to Berkeley Internet Name
Domain (BIND) 9.3.2. It also discusses how to install BIND 9.3.2 on the HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i
v2, and HP-UX 11i v3 operating systems.
This document addresses the following topics:
• “Announcement” (page 4)
• “What is in this version” (page 4)
• “BIND 9.3.2 features” (page 4)
• “Changed features” (page 11)
• “Installing BIND 9.3.2” (page 12)
• “Unsupported features” (page 14)
• “Known problems” (page 14)
• “Related information” (page 15)
• “Defects fixed in this release” (page 15)
Announcement
BIND is a Berkeley implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS). It is a distributed network
information lookup service that maps host names to Internet addresses, and Internet addresses to
host names. It also facilitates Internet mail routing by providing a list of hosts that accept mail for
other hosts.
BIND 9.3.2 is the latest Web upgrade version of BIND. It is available for download at:
http://h20293.www2.hp.com/
NOTE: As of the initial release of HP-UX 11i v3, this product is added to new software bundle.
As a result, the product can now be updated through an HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environment
Update Release (OEUR). It can also be updated through the Application Release (AR) media,
through web-releases, and through patches.
What is in this version
This version of BIND 9.3.2 for the HP-UX 11i v2 and HP-UX 11i v3 operating systems do not
include any new feature and contains only defect fixes. For information on the defect fixes, see
“Defects fixed in this release” (page 15).
BIND 9.3.2 features
BIND 9.3.2 offers the following features:
• “DNSSEC implementation based on RFC 4033, 4034, and 4035” (page 5)
• “Support for the ip6.arpa domain” (page 6)
• “New method of listing master servers” (page 6)
• “New options in the Options statement” (page 7)
• “New option to configure the ordering of records” (page 8)
• “New option to set the advertized EDNS UDP buffer size” (page 8)
• “New option to restrict the character set of domain names” (page 8)
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