BIND 9.3.2 Release Notes

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 20).
BIND 9.3.2 Features
BIND 9.3.2 offers the following features:
• “DNSSEC Implementation Based on RFC 4033, 4034, and 4035” (page 6)
• “Support for the ip6.arpa Domain” (page 8)
• “New Method of Listing Master Servers” (page 8)
• “New Options in the options Statement” (page 9)
• “New Option to Configure the Ordering of Records” (page 10)
• “New Option to Set the Advertized EDNS UDP Buffer Size” (page 11)
• “New Option to Restrict the Character Set of Domain Names” (page 11)
• “New Options to Enable and Disable IXFR” (page 12)
• “Transition Support for IPv4 and IPv6” (page 12)
• “New Commands in the rndc Utility” (page 13)
• “New Option in the zone Statement” (page 13)
• “New Command-Line Options” (page 14)
• “Supports RFC 4193 (Unique Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses)” (page 15)
DNSSEC Implementation Based on RFC 4033, 4034, and 4035
Starting with BIND 9.3.2, the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC)
feature implements the standards specified in RFC 4033 (DNS Security Introduction
and Requirements), 4034 (Resource Records for the DNS Security Extensions), and 4035
6 BIND 9.3.2 Release Notes