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831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
2eeb74d1cf5355dd98f6d507a10086e16bb08c4bTinderbox User<a name="id-1.2"></a>Release Notes for BIND Version 9.11.0rc1</h2></div></div></div>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt<div class="section">
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt<a name="relnotes_intro"></a>Introduction</h3></div></div></div>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt<p>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt      BIND 9.11.0 is a new feature release of BIND, still under development.
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      This document summarizes new features and functional changes that
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt      have been introduced on this branch.  With each development
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt      release leading up to the final BIND 9.11.0 release, this document
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      will be updated with additional features added and bugs fixed.
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt    </p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt</div>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<div class="section">
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<a name="relnotes_download"></a>Download</h3></div></div></div>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      The latest versions of BIND 9 software can always be found at
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      <a class="link" href="http://www.isc.org/downloads/" target="_top">http://www.isc.org/downloads/</a>.
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      There you will find additional information about each release,
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      source code, and pre-compiled versions for Microsoft Windows
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      operating systems.
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt    </p>
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831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<div class="section">
f9aef05653eeb454c489d5bd2bde6daab774ad4aTinderbox User<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
f70a10508f030b097a9b8afe907a06f9a1e2c4d4Tinderbox User<a name="relnotes_license"></a>License Change</h3></div></div></div>
19c7b1a0293498a3e36692c59646ed6e15ffc8d0Tinderbox User<p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      With the release of BIND 9.11.0, ISC is changing the open
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      source license for BIND from the ISC license to the Mozilla
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      Public License (MPL 2.0).  This change is effective from BIND
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      9.11.0b1 onwards.
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt    </p>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt<p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      The MPL-2.0 license requires that if you make changes to
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt      licensed software (e.g. BIND) and distribute them outside
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt      your organization, that you publish those changes under that
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt      same license. It does not require that you publish or disclose
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt      anything other than the changes you made to our software.
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt    </p>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt<p>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt      This new requirement will not affect anyone who is using BIND
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt      without redistributing it, nor anyone redistributing it without
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt      changes, therefore this change will be without consequence
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt      for most individuals and organizations who are using BIND.
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt    </p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      Those unsure whether or not the license change affects their
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt      use of BIND, or who wish to discuss how to comply with the
30eec077db2bdcb6f2a0dc388a3cdde2ede75ec1Mark Andrews      license may contact ISC at <a class="link" href="https://www.isc.org/mission/contact/" target="_top">
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      https://www.isc.org/mission/contact/</a>.
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt    </p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt</div>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<div class="section">
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<a name="relnotes_security"></a>Security Fixes</h3></div></div></div>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt     getrrsetbyname with a non absolute name could trigger an
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt     infinite recursion bug in lwresd and named with lwres
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt     configured if when combined with a search list entry the
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt     resulting name is too long.  This flaw is disclosed in
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt     CVE-2016-2775. [RT #42694]
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt    </p></li></ul></div>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt</div>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<div class="section">
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<a name="relnotes_features"></a>New Features</h3></div></div></div>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<li class="listitem">
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      A new method of provisioning secondary servers called
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      "Catalog Zones" has been added. This is an implementation of
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      <a class="link" href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-muks-dnsop-dns-catalog-zones/" target="_top">
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt        draft-muks-dnsop-dns-catalog-zones/
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      </a>.
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt    </p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<p>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt      A catalog zone is a regular DNS zone which contains a list
30eec077db2bdcb6f2a0dc388a3cdde2ede75ec1Mark Andrews      of "member zones", along with the configuration options for
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      each of those zones.  When a server is configured to use a
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      catalog zone, all the zones listed in the catalog zone are
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt      added to the local server as slave zones.  When the catalog
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt      zone is updated (e.g., by adding or removing zones, or
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt      changing configuration options for existing zones) those
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt      changes will be put into effect.  Since the catalog zone is
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt      itself a DNS zone, this means configuration changes can be
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt      propagated to slaves using the standard AXFR/IXFR update
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt      mechanism.
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt    </p>
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt<p>
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt      This feature should be considered experimental. It currently
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      supports only basic features; more advanced features such as
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      ACLs and TSIG keys are not yet supported. Example catalog
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      zone configurations can be found in the Chapter 9 of the
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      BIND Administrator Reference Manual.
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt    </p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      Support for master entries with TSIG keys has been added to catalog
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      zones, as well as support for allow-query and allow-transfer.
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt    </p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt</li>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<li class="listitem"><p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      Added an <span class="command"><strong>isc.rndc</strong></span> Python module, which allows
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      <span class="command"><strong>rndc</strong></span> commands to be sent from Python programs.
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt    </p></li>
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt<li class="listitem">
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      Added support for DynDB, a new interface for loading zone data
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt      from an external database, developed by Red Hat for the FreeIPA
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt      project.  (Thanks in particular to Adam Tkac and Petr
30eec077db2bdcb6f2a0dc388a3cdde2ede75ec1Mark Andrews      Spacek of Red Hat for the contribution.)
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt    </p>
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt<p>
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt      Unlike the existing DLZ and SDB interfaces, which provide a
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt      limited subset of database functionality within BIND &#8212;
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt      translating DNS queries into real-time database lookups with
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt      relatively poor performance and with no ability to handle
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      DNSSEC-signed data &#8212; DynDB is able to fully implement
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      and extend the database API used natively by BIND.
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt    </p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      A DynDB module could pre-load data from an external data
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      source, then serve it with the same performance and
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      functionality as conventional BIND zones, and with the
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      ability to take advantage of database features not
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      available in BIND, such as multi-master replication.
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt    </p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt</li>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<li class="listitem">
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      Fetch quotas are now compiled in by default: they
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      no longer require BIND to be configured with
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      <span class="command"><strong>--enable-fetchlimit</strong></span>, as was the case
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      when the feature was introduced in BIND 9.10.3.
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt    </p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      These quotas limit the queries that are sent by recursive
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      resolvers to authoritative servers experiencing denial-of-service
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      attacks. They can both reduce the harm done to authoritative
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      servers and also avoid the resource exhaustion that can be
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      experienced by recursive servers when they are being used as a
821350367e2c7313c02eb275e8e05d5193b47cfdJeremy C. Reed      vehicle for such an attack.
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt    </p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: circle; ">
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<li class="listitem"><p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt          <code class="option">fetches-per-server</code> limits the number of
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt          simultaneous queries that can be sent to any single
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt          authoritative server.  The configured value is a starting
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt          point; it is automatically adjusted downward if the server is
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt          partially or completely non-responsive. The algorithm used to
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt          adjust the quota can be configured via the
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt          <code class="option">fetch-quota-params</code> option.
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt        </p></li>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<li class="listitem"><p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt          <code class="option">fetches-per-zone</code> limits the number of
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt          simultaneous queries that can be sent for names within a
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt          single domain.  (Note: Unlike "fetches-per-server", this
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt          value is not self-tuning.)
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt        </p></li>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt</ul></div>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      Statistics counters have also been added to track the number
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      of queries affected by these quotas.
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt    </p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt</li>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<li class="listitem">
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      Added support for <span class="command"><strong>dnstap</strong></span>, a fast,
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      flexible method for capturing and logging DNS traffic,
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      developed by Robert Edmonds at Farsight Security, Inc.,
821350367e2c7313c02eb275e8e05d5193b47cfdJeremy C. Reed      whose assistance is gratefully acknowledged.
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt    </p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      To enable <span class="command"><strong>dnstap</strong></span> at compile time,
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      the <span class="command"><strong>fstrm</strong></span> and <span class="command"><strong>protobuf-c</strong></span>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      libraries must be available, and BIND must be configured with
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      <code class="option">--enable-dnstap</code>.
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt    </p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      A new utility <span class="command"><strong>dnstap-read</strong></span> has been added
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      to allow <span class="command"><strong>dnstap</strong></span> data to be presented in
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      a human-readable format.
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt    </p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      <span class="command"><strong>rndc dnstap -roll</strong></span> causes <span class="command"><strong>dnstap</strong></span>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      output files to be rolled like log files -- the most recent output
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      file is renamed with a <code class="filename">.0</code> suffix, the next
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      most recent with <code class="filename">.1</code>, etc. (Note that this
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      only works when <span class="command"><strong>dnstap</strong></span> output is being written
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      to a file, not to a UNIX domain socket.) An optional numerical
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      argument specifies how many backup log files to retain; if not
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      specified or set to 0, there is no limit.
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt    </p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      <span class="command"><strong>rndc dnstap -reopen</strong></span> simply closes and reopens
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      the <span class="command"><strong>dnstap</strong></span> output channel without renaming
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      the output file.
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt    </p>
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt<p>
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt      For more information on <span class="command"><strong>dnstap</strong></span>, see
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt      <a class="link" href="http://dnstap.info" target="_top">http://dnstap.info</a>.
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt    </p>
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt</li>
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt<li class="listitem">
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt<p>
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt      New statistics counters have been added to track traffic
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt      sizes, as specified in RSSAC002.  Query and response
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt      message sizes are broken up into ranges of histogram buckets:
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt      TCP and UDP queries of size 0-15, 16-31, ..., 272-288, and 288+,
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt      and TCP and UDP responses of size 0-15, 16-31, ..., 4080-4095,
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt      and 4096+.  These values can be accessed via the XML and JSON
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt      statistics channels at, for example,
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt      <a class="link" href="http://localhost:8888/xml/v3/traffic" target="_top">http://localhost:8888/xml/v3/traffic</a>
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt      or
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt      <a class="link" href="http://localhost:8888/json/v1/traffic" target="_top">http://localhost:8888/json/v1/traffic</a>.
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt    </p>
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt<p>
7d2b185f16b165e311e5b451324fe9ab9898dcedEvan Hunt        Statistics for RSSAC02v3 traffic-volume, traffic-sizes and
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt        rcode-volume reporting are now collected.
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt    </p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt</li>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<li class="listitem">
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      A new DNSSEC key management utility,
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      <span class="command"><strong>dnssec-keymgr</strong></span>, has been added. This tool
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      is meant to run unattended (e.g., under <span class="command"><strong>cron</strong></span>).
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      It reads a policy definition file
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      (default <code class="filename">/etc/dnssec-policy.conf</code>)
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt      and creates or updates DNSSEC keys as necessary to ensure that a
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      zone's keys match the defined policy for that zone.  New keys are
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt      created whenever necessary to ensure rollovers occur correctly.
30eec077db2bdcb6f2a0dc388a3cdde2ede75ec1Mark Andrews      Existing keys' timing metadata is adjusted as needed to set the
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      correct rollover period, prepublication interval, etc.  If
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      the configured policy changes, keys are corrected automatically.
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      See the <span class="command"><strong>dnssec-keymgr</strong></span> man page for full details.
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt    </p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      Note: <span class="command"><strong>dnssec-keymgr</strong></span> depends on Python and on
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      the Python lex/yacc module, PLY. The other Python-based tools,
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      <span class="command"><strong>dnssec-coverage</strong></span> and
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      <span class="command"><strong>dnssec-checkds</strong></span>, have been
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      refactored and updated as part of this work.
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt    </p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      <span class="command"><strong>dnssec-keymgr</strong></span> now takes a -r
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt      <em class="replaceable"><code>randomfile</code></em> option.
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt    </p>
831f59eb43b56642b00f82e07722836d2f9593abEvan Hunt<p>
14a656f94b1fd0ababd84a772228dfa52276ba15Evan Hunt      (Many thanks to Sebasti�n
      Castro for his assistance in developing this tool at the IETF
      95 Hackathon in Buenos Aires, April 2016.)
    </p>
</li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      The serial number of a dynamically updatable zone can
      now be set using
      <span class="command"><strong>rndc signing -serial <em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em> <em class="replaceable"><code>zonename</code></em></strong></span>.
      This is particularly useful with <code class="option">inline-signing</code>
      zones that have been reset.  Setting the serial number to a value
      larger than that on the slaves will trigger an AXFR-style
      transfer.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      When answering recursive queries, SERVFAIL responses can now be
      cached by the server for a limited time; subsequent queries for
      the same query name and type will return another SERVFAIL until
      the cache times out.  This reduces the frequency of retries
      when a query is persistently failing, which can be a burden
      on recursive servers.  The SERVFAIL cache timeout is controlled
      by <code class="option">servfail-ttl</code>, which defaults to 1 second
      and has an upper limit of 30.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      The new <span class="command"><strong>rndc nta</strong></span> command can now be used to
      set a "negative trust anchor" (NTA), disabling DNSSEC validation for
      a specific domain; this can be used when responses from a domain
      are known to be failing validation due to administrative error
      rather than because of a spoofing attack. NTAs are strictly
      temporary; by default they expire after one hour, but can be
      configured to last up to one week.  The default NTA lifetime
      can be changed by setting the <code class="option">nta-lifetime</code> in
      <code class="filename">named.conf</code>. When added, NTAs are stored in a
      file (<code class="filename"><em class="replaceable"><code>viewname</code></em>.nta</code>)
      in order to persist across restarts of the <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> server.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      The EDNS Client Subnet (ECS) option is now supported for
      authoritative servers; if a query contains an ECS option then
      ACLs containing <code class="option">geoip</code> or <code class="option">ecs</code>
      elements can match against the address encoded in the option.
      This can be used to select a view for a query, so that different
      answers can be provided depending on the client network.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      The EDNS EXPIRE option has been implemented on the client
      side, allowing a slave server to set the expiration timer
      correctly when transferring zone data from another slave
      server.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      A new <code class="option">masterfile-style</code> zone option controls
      the formatting of text zone files:  When set to
      <code class="literal">full</code>, the zone file will dumped in
      single-line-per-record format.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      <span class="command"><strong>dig +ednsopt</strong></span> can now be used to set
      arbitrary EDNS options in DNS requests.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      <span class="command"><strong>dig +ednsflags</strong></span> can now be used to set
      yet-to-be-defined EDNS flags in DNS requests.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      <span class="command"><strong>dig +[no]ednsnegotiation</strong></span> can now be used enable /
      disable EDNS version negotiation.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      <span class="command"><strong>dig +header-only</strong></span> can now be used to send
      queries without a question section.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      <span class="command"><strong>dig +ttlunits</strong></span> causes <span class="command"><strong>dig</strong></span>
      to print TTL values with time-unit suffixes: w, d, h, m, s for
      weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      <span class="command"><strong>dig +zflag</strong></span> can be used to set the last
      unassigned DNS header flag bit.  This bit is normally zero.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      <span class="command"><strong>dig +dscp=<em class="replaceable"><code>value</code></em></strong></span>
      can now be used to set the DSCP code point in outgoing query
      packets.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      <span class="command"><strong>dig +mapped</strong></span> can now be used to determine
      if mapped IPv4 addresses can be used.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      <span class="command"><strong>nslookup</strong></span> will now look up IPv6 as well
      as IPv4 addresses by default. [RT #40420]
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      <code class="option">serial-update-method</code> can now be set to
      <code class="literal">date</code>. On update, the serial number will
      be set to the current date in YYYYMMDDNN format.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      <span class="command"><strong>dnssec-signzone -N date</strong></span> also sets the serial
      number to YYYYMMDDNN.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      <span class="command"><strong>named -L <em class="replaceable"><code>filename</code></em></strong></span>
      causes <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> to send log messages to the
      specified file by default instead of to the system log.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      The rate limiter configured by the
      <code class="option">serial-query-rate</code> option no longer covers
      NOTIFY messages; those are now separately controlled by
      <code class="option">notify-rate</code> and
      <code class="option">startup-notify-rate</code> (the latter of which
      controls the rate of NOTIFY messages sent when the server
      is first started up or reconfigured).
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      The default number of tasks and client objects available
      for serving lightweight resolver queries have been increased,
      and are now configurable via the new <code class="option">lwres-tasks</code>
      and <code class="option">lwres-clients</code> options in
      <code class="filename">named.conf</code>. [RT #35857]
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      Log output to files can now be buffered by specifying
      <span class="command"><strong>buffered yes;</strong></span> when creating a channel.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      <span class="command"><strong>delv +tcp</strong></span> will exclusively use TCP when
      sending queries.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> will now check to see whether
      other name server processes are running before starting up.
      This is implemented in two ways: 1) by refusing to start
      if the configured network interfaces all return "address
      in use", and 2) by attempting to acquire a lock on a file
      specified by the <code class="option">lock-file</code> option or
      the <span class="command"><strong>-X</strong></span> command line option.  The
      default lock file is
      <code class="filename">/var/run/named/named.lock</code>.
      Specifying <code class="literal">none</code> will disable the lock
      file check.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      <span class="command"><strong>rndc delzone</strong></span> can now be applied to zones
      which were configured in <code class="filename">named.conf</code>;
      it is no longer restricted to zones which were added by
      <span class="command"><strong>rndc addzone</strong></span>.  (Note, however, that
      this does not edit <code class="filename">named.conf</code>; the zone
      must be removed from the configuration or it will return
      when <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> is restarted or reloaded.)
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      <span class="command"><strong>rndc modzone</strong></span> can be used to reconfigure
      a zone, using similar syntax to <span class="command"><strong>rndc addzone</strong></span>.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      <span class="command"><strong>rndc showzone</strong></span> displays the current
      configuration for a specified zone.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem">
<p>
      When BIND is built with the <span class="command"><strong>lmdb</strong></span> library
      (Lightning Memory-Mapped Database), <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span>
      will store the configuration information for zones
      that are added via <span class="command"><strong>rndc addzone</strong></span>
      in a database, rather than in a flat "NZF" file.  This
      dramatically improves performance for
      <span class="command"><strong>rndc delzone</strong></span> and
      <span class="command"><strong>rndc modzone</strong></span>: deleting or changing
      the contents of a database is much faster than rewriting
      a text file.
    </p>
<p>
      On startup, if <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> finds an existing
      NZF file, it will automatically convert it to the new NZD
      database format.
    </p>
<p>
      To view the contents of an NZD, or to convert an
      NZD back to an NZF file (for example, to revert back
      to an earlier version of BIND which did not support the
      NZD format), use the new command <span class="command"><strong>named-nzd2nzf</strong></span>
      [RT #39837]
    </p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p>
      Added server-side support for pipelined TCP queries.  Clients
      may continue sending queries via TCP while previous queries are
      processed in parallel.  Responses are sent when they are
      ready, not necessarily in the order in which the queries were
      received.
    </p>
<p>
      To revert to the former behavior for a particular
      client address or range of addresses, specify the address prefix
      in the "keep-response-order" option.  To revert to the former
      behavior for all clients, use "keep-response-order { any; };".
    </p>
</li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      The new <span class="command"><strong>mdig</strong></span> command is a version of
      <span class="command"><strong>dig</strong></span> that sends multiple pipelined
      queries and then waits for responses, instead of sending one
      query and waiting the response before sending the next. [RT #38261]
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      To enable better monitoring and troubleshooting of RFC 5011
      trust anchor management, the new <span class="command"><strong>rndc managed-keys</strong></span>
      can be used to check status of trust anchors or to force keys
      to be refreshed.  Also, the managed-keys data file now has
      easier-to-read comments. [RT #38458]
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      An <span class="command"><strong>--enable-querytrace</strong></span> configure switch is
      now available to enable very verbose query trace logging. This
      option can only be set at compile time. This option has a
      negative performance impact and should be used only for
      debugging. [RT #37520]
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      A new <span class="command"><strong>tcp-only</strong></span> option can be specified
      in <span class="command"><strong>server</strong></span> statements to force
      <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> to connect to the specified
      server via TCP. [RT #37800]
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      The <span class="command"><strong>nxdomain-redirect</strong></span> option specifies
      a DNS namespace to use for NXDOMAIN redirection. When a
      recursive lookup returns NXDOMAIN, a second lookup is
      initiated with the specified name appended to the query
      name. This allows NXDOMAIN redirection data to be supplied
      by multiple zones configured on the server, or by recursive
      queries to other servers. (The older method, using
      a single <span class="command"><strong>type redirect</strong></span> zone, has
      better average performance but is less flexible.) [RT #37989]
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      The following types have been implemented: CSYNC, NINFO, RKEY,
      SINK, TA, TALINK.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      A new <span class="command"><strong>message-compression</strong></span> option can be
      used to specify whether or not to use name compression when
      answering queries. Setting this to <strong class="userinput"><code>no</code></strong>
      results in larger responses, but reduces CPU consumption and
      may improve throughput.  The default is <strong class="userinput"><code>yes</code></strong>.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      A <span class="command"><strong>read-only</strong></span> option is now available in the
      <span class="command"><strong>controls</strong></span> statement to grant non-destructive
      control channel access. In such cases, a restricted set of
      <span class="command"><strong>rndc</strong></span> commands are allowed, which can
      report information from <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span>, but cannot
      reconfigure or stop the server. By default, the control channel
      access is <span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> restricted to these
      read-only operations. [RT #40498]
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      When loading a signed zone, <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> will
      now check whether an RRSIG's inception time is in the future,
      and if so, it will regenerate the RRSIG immediately. This helps
      when a system's clock needs to be reset backwards.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      The new <span class="command"><strong>minimal-any</strong></span> option reduces the size
      of answers to UDP queries for type ANY by implementing one of
      the strategies in "draft-ietf-dnsop-refuse-any": returning
      a single arbitrarily-selected RRset that matches the query
      name rather than returning all of the matching RRsets.
      Thanks to Tony Finch for the contribution. [RT #41615]
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> now provides feedback to the
      owners of zones which have trust anchors configured
      (<span class="command"><strong>trusted-keys</strong></span>,
      <span class="command"><strong>managed-keys</strong></span>, <span class="command"><strong>dnssec-validation
      auto;</strong></span> and <span class="command"><strong>dnssec-lookaside auto;</strong></span>)
      by sending a daily query which encodes the keyids of the
      configured trust anchors for the zone.  This is controlled
      by <span class="command"><strong>trust-anchor-telemetry</strong></span> and defaults
      to yes.
    </p></li>
</ul></div>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="relnotes_changes"></a>Feature Changes</h3></div></div></div>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem"><p>
      The ISC DNSSEC Lookaside Validation (DLV) service is scheduled
      to be disabled in 2017.  A warning is now logged when
      <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> is configured to use this service,
      either explicitly or via <code class="option">dnssec-lookaside auto;</code>.
      [RT #42207]
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      The timers returned by the statistics channel (indicating current
      time, server boot time, and most recent reconfiguration time) are
      now reported with millisecond accuracy. [RT #40082]
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      Updated the compiled-in addresses for H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
      and L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      ACLs containing <span class="command"><strong>geoip asnum</strong></span> elements were
      not correctly matched unless the full organization name was
      specified in the ACL (as in
      <span class="command"><strong>geoip asnum "AS1234 Example, Inc.";</strong></span>).
      They can now match against the AS number alone (as in
      <span class="command"><strong>geoip asnum "AS1234";</strong></span>).
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      When using native PKCS#11 cryptography (i.e.,
      <span class="command"><strong>configure --enable-native-pkcs11</strong></span>) HSM PINs
      of up to 256 characters can now be used.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      NXDOMAIN responses to queries of type DS are now cached separately
      from those for other types. This helps when using "grafted" zones
      of type forward, for which the parent zone does not contain a
      delegation, such as local top-level domains.  Previously a query
      of type DS for such a zone could cause the zone apex to be cached
      as NXDOMAIN, blocking all subsequent queries.  (Note: This
      change is only helpful when DNSSEC validation is not enabled.
      "Grafted" zones without a delegation in the parent are not a
      recommended configuration.)
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      Update forwarding performance has been improved by allowing
      a single TCP connection to be shared between multiple updates.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      By default, <span class="command"><strong>nsupdate</strong></span> will now check
      the correctness of hostnames when adding records of type
      A, AAAA, MX, SOA, NS, SRV or PTR.  This behavior can be
      disabled with <span class="command"><strong>check-names no</strong></span>.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      Added support for OPENPGPKEY type.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      The names of the files used to store managed keys and added
      zones for each view are no longer based on the SHA256 hash
      of the view name, except when this is necessary because the
      view name contains characters that would be incompatible with use
      as a file name.  For views whose names do not contain forward
      slashes ('/'), backslashes ('\'), or capital letters - which
      could potentially cause namespace collision problems on
      case-insensitive filesystems - files will now be named
      after the view (for example, <code class="filename">internal.mkeys</code>
      or <code class="filename">external.nzf</code>).  However, to ensure
      consistent behavior when upgrading, if a file using the old
      name format is found to exist, it will continue to be used.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      "rndc" can now return text output of arbitrary size to
      the caller. (Prior to this, certain commands such as
      "rndc tsig-list" and "rndc zonestatus" could return
      truncated output.)
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      Errors reported when running <span class="command"><strong>rndc addzone</strong></span>
      (e.g., when a zone file cannot be loaded) have been clarified
      to make it easier to diagnose problems.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      When encountering an authoritative name server whose name is
      an alias pointing to another name, the resolver treats
      this as an error and skips to the next server. Previously
      this happened silently; now the error will be logged to
      the newly-created "cname" log category.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      If <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> is not configured to validate
      answers, then allow fallback to plain DNS on timeout even when
      we know the server supports EDNS.  This will allow the server to
      potentially resolve signed queries when TCP is being
      blocked.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      Large inline-signing changes should be less disruptive.
      Signature generation is now done incrementally; the number
      of signatures to be generated in each quantum is controlled
      by "sig-signing-signatures <em class="replaceable"><code>number</code></em>;".
      [RT #37927]
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem">
<p>
      The experimental SIT option (code point 65001) of BIND
      9.10.0 through BIND 9.10.2 has been replaced with the COOKIE
      option (code point 10). It is no longer experimental, and
      is sent by default, by both <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> and
      <span class="command"><strong>dig</strong></span>.
    </p>
<p>
      The SIT-related named.conf options have been marked as
      obsolete, and are otherwise ignored.
    </p>
</li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      When <span class="command"><strong>dig</strong></span> receives a truncated (TC=1)
      response or a BADCOOKIE response code from a server, it
      will automatically retry the query using the server COOKIE
      that was returned by the server in its initial response.
      [RT #39047]
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      Retrieving the local port range from net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range
      on Linux is now supported.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      A new <code class="option">nsip-wait-recurse</code> directive has been
      added to RPZ, specifying whether to look up unknown name server
      IP addresses and wait for a response before applying RPZ-NSIP rules.
      The default is <strong class="userinput"><code>yes</code></strong>. If set to
      <strong class="userinput"><code>no</code></strong>, <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> will only
      apply RPZ-NSIP rules to servers whose addresses are already cached.
      The addresses will be looked up in the background so the rule can
      be applied on subsequent queries. This improves performance when
      the cache is cold, at the cost of temporary imprecision in applying
      policy directives. [RT #35009]
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      Within the <code class="option">response-policy</code> option, it is now
      possible to configure RPZ rewrite logging on a per-zone basis
      using the <code class="option">log</code> clause.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      The default preferred glue is now the address type of the
      transport the query was received over.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      On machines with 2 or more processors (CPU), the default value
      for the number of UDP listeners has been changed to the number
      of detected processors minus one.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      Zone transfers now use smaller message sizes to improve
      message compression. This results in reduced network usage.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem">
<p>
      Added support for the AVC resource record type (Application
      Visibility and Control).
    </p>
<p>
      Changed <span class="command"><strong>rndc reconfig</strong></span> behavior so that newly
      added zones are loaded asynchronously and the loading does not
      block the server.
    </p>
</li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      <span class="command"><strong>minimal-responses</strong></span> now takes two new
      arguments: <code class="option">no-auth</code> suppresses
      populating the authority section but not the additional
      section; <code class="option">no-auth-recursive</code>
      does the same but only when answering recursive queries.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      At server startup time, the queues for processing
      notify and zone refresh queries are now processed in
      LIFO rather than FIFO order, to speed up
      loading of newly added zones. [RT #42825]
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      When answering queries of type MX or SRV, TLSA records for
      the target name are now included in the additional section
      to speed up DANE processing. [RT #42894]
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> can now use the TCP Fast Open
      mechanism on the server side, if supported by the
      local operating system. [RT #42866]
    </p></li>
</ul></div>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="relnotes_bugs"></a>Bug Fixes</h3></div></div></div>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem"><p>
      Fixed a crash when calling <span class="command"><strong>rndc stats</strong></span> on some
      Windows builds: some Visual Studio compilers generate code that
      crashes when the "%z" printf() format specifier is used. [RT #42380]
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      Windows installs were failing due to triggering UAC without
      the installation binary being signed.
    </p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p>
      A change in the internal binary representation of the RBT database
      node structure enabled a race condition to occur (especially when
      BIND was built with certain compilers or optimizer settings),
      leading to inconsistent database state which caused random
      assertion failures. [RT #42380]
    </p></li>
</ul></div>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="end_of_life"></a>End of Life</h3></div></div></div>
<p>
      The end of life for BIND 9.11 is yet to be determined but
      will not be before BIND 9.13.0 has been released for 6 months.
      <a class="link" href="https://www.isc.org/downloads/software-support-policy/" target="_top">https://www.isc.org/downloads/software-support-policy/</a>
    </p>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="relnotes_thanks"></a>Thank You</h3></div></div></div>
<p>
      Thank you to everyone who assisted us in making this release possible.
      If you would like to contribute to ISC to assist us in continuing to
      make quality open source software, please visit our donations page at
      <a class="link" href="http://www.isc.org/donate/" target="_top">http://www.isc.org/donate/</a>.
    </p>
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