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250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas GustafssonThis is a summary of the implementation status of the various named.conf
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafssonoptions in BIND 9.
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson Yes Implemented in this release.
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson No Not implemented, may be implemented in a later release.
a1747570262ed336c213aaf6bd31bc91993a46deAndreas Gustafsson Obsolete Obsolete, not applicable to BIND 9, or just evil.
a1747570262ed336c213aaf6bd31bc91993a46deAndreas Gustafsson Will not be implemented.
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson * New in BIND 9.
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson + The option is now always enabled.
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson - The option is now always disabled.
dbeb32261081835bb9ba44db68df5dfed0fda411Andreas Gustafsson % The default value has changed since BIND 8.
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson @ Semantics of certain pathological address match lists, in
a1747570262ed336c213aaf6bd31bc91993a46deAndreas Gustafsson particular those involving double negation, have changed.
a1747570262ed336c213aaf6bd31bc91993a46deAndreas Gustafsson The new semantics are generally safer. IPv6 addresses
a1747570262ed336c213aaf6bd31bc91993a46deAndreas Gustafsson are supported, but the predefined ACLs "localhost" and
a1747570262ed336c213aaf6bd31bc91993a46deAndreas Gustafsson "localnets" match IPv4 addresses only.
dbeb32261081835bb9ba44db68df5dfed0fda411Andreas Gustafsson # BIND 9 accepts both LF and CRLF as end-of-line markers.
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ version version_string; ] Yes
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ directory path_name; ] Yes
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ named-xfer path_name; ] Obsolete
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ dump-file path_name; ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ memstatistics-file path_name; ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ pid-file path_name; ] Yes
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ statistics-file path_name; ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ auth-nxdomain yes_or_no; ] Yes%
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ deallocate-on-exit yes_or_no; ] Obsolete+
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ dialup yes_or_no; ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ fake-iquery yes_or_no; ] Obsolete-
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ fetch-glue yes_or_no; ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ has-old-clients yes_or_no; ] Obsolete
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ host-statistics yes_or_no; ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ multiple-cnames yes_or_no; ] Obsolete-
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ notify yes_or_no; ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ recursion yes_or_no; ] Yes
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ rfc2308-type1 yes_or_no; ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ use-id-pool yes_or_no; ] Obsolete+
dbeb32261081835bb9ba44db68df5dfed0fda411Andreas Gustafsson [ treat-cr-as-space yes_or_no; ] Obsolete#
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ also-notify { ip_addr; [ ip_addr; ... ] }; No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ forward ( only | first ); ] Yes
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ forwarders { [ in_addr ; [ in_addr ; ... ] ] }; ] Yes
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ check-names ... ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ allow-query { address_match_list }; ] Yes@
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ allow-transfer { address_match_list }; ] Yes@
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ allow-recursion { address_match_list }; ] Yes@
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ blackhole { address_match_list }; ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ listen-on [ port ip_port ] { address_match_list }; ] Yes@ (IPv4 only)
2e3160e246a3aaa08ecb2a52a8e1c53a6e7977a3Andreas Gustafsson [ query-source .... ] Yes
2e3160e246a3aaa08ecb2a52a8e1c53a6e7977a3Andreas Gustafsson [ query-source-v6 .... ] Yes*
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ lame-ttl number; ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ max-transfer-time-in number; ] Yes
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ max-transfer-idle-in number; ] Yes*
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ max-transfer-time-out number; ] Yes*
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ max-transfer-idle-out number; ] Yes*
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ max-ncache-ttl number; ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ min-roots number; ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ serial-queries number; ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ transfer-format ( one-answer | many-answers ); ] Yes
cfab2f4e039052fd5c71f8de93a9510bec0581f9Andreas Gustafsson [ transfers-in number; ] Yes
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ transfers-out number; ] Yes
e01ecff4b1562a24e6de7e9396c60e9dffdb78ceAndreas Gustafsson [ transfers-per-ns number; ] Yes
cbe5f076ba5595c3d63daa223ea373bef55561b2Andreas Gustafsson [ transfer-source ip_addr; ] Yes
cbe5f076ba5595c3d63daa223ea373bef55561b2Andreas Gustafsson [ transfer-source-v6 ip_addr; ] Yes*
4bc5101166ec97bf88448efb9a65da600e82040eAndreas Gustafsson [ request-ixfr yes_or_no; ] Yes*
e240e36503adf4d2073adfee98fb17b5b9d10fddAndreas Gustafsson [ provide-ixfr yes_or_no; ] Yes*
e240e36503adf4d2073adfee98fb17b5b9d10fddAndreas Gustafsson [ maintain-ixfr-base yes_or_no; ] Obsolete
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ max-ixfr-log-size number; ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ coresize size_spec ; ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ datasize size_spec ; ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ files size_spec ; ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ stacksize size_spec ; ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ cleaning-interval number; ] Yes
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ heartbeat-interval number; ] No
9fdf20d0dea288572033095995547789059d4d6bAndreas Gustafsson [ interface-interval number; ] Yes
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ statistics-interval number; ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ topology { address_match_list }; ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ sortlist { address_match_list }; ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ rrset-order { order_spec ; [ order_spec ; ... ] ] }; No
2cc3f128610eb9e42d7c386160665583b63882bfAndreas Gustafsson [ recursive-clients number; ] Yes*
2cc3f128610eb9e42d7c386160665583b63882bfAndreas Gustafsson [ tcp-clients number; ] Yes*
c011a692803976aa5100f7a4e6a1fa8a1ea2c3f3Andreas Gustafssonserver ip_addr {
c011a692803976aa5100f7a4e6a1fa8a1ea2c3f3Andreas Gustafsson [ bogus yes_or_no; ] No
4bc5101166ec97bf88448efb9a65da600e82040eAndreas Gustafsson [ request-ixfr yes_or_no; ] Yes*
e240e36503adf4d2073adfee98fb17b5b9d10fddAndreas Gustafsson [ provide-ixfr yes_or_no; ] Yes*
4bc5101166ec97bf88448efb9a65da600e82040eAndreas Gustafsson [ support-ixfr yes_or_no; ] Obsolete
e01ecff4b1562a24e6de7e9396c60e9dffdb78ceAndreas Gustafsson [ transfers number; ] Yes
2bc0dee981fd5d9c7d7d6fe67278dfafbe614bc3Andreas Gustafsson [ transfer-format ( one-answer | many-answers ); ] Yes
4db9a2fac844ac23793e5388cecd023d1d54bde4Brian Wellington [ keys { key_id [key_id ... ] }; ] Yes
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafssontrusted-keys No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafssonzone domain_name [ ( in | hs | hesiod | chaos ) ] {
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson type master; Yes
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson file path_name; Yes
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ forward ( only | first ); ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ forwarders { [ ip_addr ; [ ip_addr ; ... ] ] }; ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ check-names ( warn | fail | ignore ); ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ allow-update { address_match_list }; ] Yes@
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ allow-query { address_match_list }; ] Yes@
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ allow-transfer { address_match_list }; ] Yes@
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ dialup yes_or_no; ] No
38e62f7bfbe301b4718bc9e8525bf141cc080e71Andreas Gustafsson [ max-transfer-time-out number; ] Yes*
38e62f7bfbe301b4718bc9e8525bf141cc080e71Andreas Gustafsson [ max-transfer-idle-out number; ] Yes*
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ notify yes_or_no; ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ also-notify { ip_addr; [ ip_addr; ... ] }; No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ ixfr-base path_name; ] Obsolete
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ pubkey number number number string; ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafssonzone domain_name [ ( in | hs | hesiod | chaos ) ] {
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafssonzone domain_name [ ( in | hs | hesiod | chaos ) ] {
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson type slave; Yes
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ file path_name; ] Yes
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ ixfr-base path_name; ] Obsolete
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson masters [ port ip_port ] { ip_addr; [ ip_addr; ... ] }; Yes
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ forward ( only | first ); ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ forwarders { [ ip_addr ; [ ip_addr ; ... ] ] }; ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ check-names ( warn | fail | ignore ); ] No
02da394e0c3220ca2f37c5c6258994bd3ba07993Andreas Gustafsson [ allow-update { address_match_list }; ] Obsolete
7eabdeaeeebf4be93de87af803d020d380eb7273Andreas Gustafsson [ allow-update-forwarding { address_match_list }; ] No*
38e62f7bfbe301b4718bc9e8525bf141cc080e71Andreas Gustafsson [ allow-query { address_match_list }; ] Yes@
38e62f7bfbe301b4718bc9e8525bf141cc080e71Andreas Gustafsson [ allow-transfer { address_match_list }; ] Yes@
cbe5f076ba5595c3d63daa223ea373bef55561b2Andreas Gustafsson [ transfer-source ip_addr; ] Yes
cbe5f076ba5595c3d63daa223ea373bef55561b2Andreas Gustafsson [ transfer-source-v6 ip_addr; ] Yes*
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ dialup yes_or_no; ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ max-transfer-time-in number; ] Yes
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ max-transfer-idle-in number; ] Yes*
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ max-transfer-time-out number; ] Yes*
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ max-transfer-idle-out number; ] Yes*
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ notify yes_or_no; ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ also-notify { ip_addr; [ ip_addr; ... ] }; No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ pubkey number number number string; ] No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafssonzone domain_name [ ( in | hs | hesiod | chaos ) ] {
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson type forward; No
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafssonzone "." [ ( in | hs | hesiod | chaos ) ] {
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson type hint; Yes
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson file path_name; Yes
250ed9e230b3903b1b264dd1ed2f691fc7cd2f8fAndreas Gustafsson [ check-names ( warn | fail | ignore ); ] No