The new semantics are generally safer. IPv6 addresses
are supported, but the predefined ACLs "localhost" and
"localnets" match IPv4 addresses only.
# BIND 9 accepts both LF and CRLF as end-of-line markers.
[ version version_string; ] Yes
[ directory path_name; ] Yes
[ named-xfer path_name; ] Obsolete
[ dump-file path_name; ] No
[ memstatistics-file path_name; ] No
[ pid-file path_name; ] Yes
[ statistics-file path_name; ] No
[ auth-nxdomain yes_or_no; ] Yes%
[ deallocate-on-exit yes_or_no; ] Obsolete+
[ fake-iquery yes_or_no; ] Obsolete-
[ fetch-glue yes_or_no; ] No
[ has-old-clients yes_or_no; ] Obsolete
[ host-statistics yes_or_no; ] No
[ multiple-cnames yes_or_no; ] Obsolete-
[ notify yes_or_no; ] Yes
[ recursion yes_or_no; ] Yes
[ rfc2308-type1 yes_or_no; ] No
[ use-id-pool yes_or_no; ] Obsolete+
[ treat-cr-as-space yes_or_no; ] Obsolete#
[ also-notify { ip_addr; [ ip_addr; ... ] }; ] Yes
[ forward ( only | first ); ] Yes
[ forwarders { [ in_addr ; [ in_addr ; ... ] ] }; ] Yes
[ allow-query { address_match_list }; ] Yes@
[ allow-transfer { address_match_list }; ] Yes@
[ allow-recursion { address_match_list }; ] Yes@
[ blackhole { address_match_list }; ] No
[ listen-on [ port ip_port ] { address_match_list }; ] Yes@
[ listen-on-v6 [ port ip_port ] { address_match_list }; ] Yes*
[ query-source-v6 ... ] Yes*
[ max-transfer-time-in number; ] Yes
[ max-transfer-idle-in number; ] Yes*
[ max-transfer-time-out number; ] Yes*
[ max-transfer-idle-out number; ] Yes*
[ max-cache-ttl number; ] Yes*
[ max-ncache-ttl number; ] Yes
[ max-cache-size size_spec; ] No*
[ serial-queries number; ] No
[ transfer-format ( one-answer | many-answers ); ] Yes
[ transfers-in number; ] Yes
[ transfers-out number; ] Yes
[ transfers-per-ns number; ] Yes
[ transfer-source ip_addr; ] Yes
[ transfer-source-v6 ip_addr; ] Yes*
[ request-ixfr yes_or_no; ] Yes*
[ provide-ixfr yes_or_no; ] Yes*
[ maintain-ixfr-base yes_or_no; ] Obsolete
[ max-ixfr-log-size number; ] No
[ coresize size_spec ; ] No
[ datasize size_spec ; ] No
[ stacksize size_spec ; ] No
[ cleaning-interval number; ] Yes
[ heartbeat-interval number; ] No
[ interface-interval number; ] Yes
[ statistics-interval number; ] No
[ topology { address_match_list }; ] No
[ sortlist { address_match_list }; ] No
[ rrset-order { order_spec ; [ order_spec ; ... ] }; ] No
[ recursive-clients number; ] Yes*
[ tcp-clients number; ] Yes*
[ request-ixfr yes_or_no; ] Yes*
[ provide-ixfr yes_or_no; ] Yes*
[ support-ixfr yes_or_no; ] Obsolete
[ transfers number; ] Yes
[ transfer-format ( one-answer | many-answers ); ] Yes
[ keys { key_id [key_id ... ] }; ] Yes
zone "domain_name" [ ( in | hs | hesiod | chaos ) ] {
[ forward ( only | first ); ] No
[ forwarders { [ ip_addr ; [ ip_addr ; ... ] ] }; ] No
[ check-names ( warn | fail | ignore ); ] No
[ allow-update { address_match_list }; ] Yes@
[ allow-query { address_match_list }; ] Yes@
[ allow-transfer { address_match_list }; ] Yes@
[ max-transfer-time-out number; ] Yes*
[ max-transfer-idle-out number; ] Yes*
[ notify yes_or_no; ] Yes
[ also-notify { ip_addr; [ ip_addr; ... ] }; Yes
[ ixfr-base path_name; ] Obsolete
[ pubkey number number number string; ] No
zone "domain_name" [ ( in | hs | hesiod | chaos ) ] {
zone "domain_name" [ ( in | hs | hesiod | chaos ) ] {
[ ixfr-base path_name; ] Obsolete
masters [ port ip_port ] { ip_addr; [ ip_addr; ... ] }; Yes
[ forward ( only | first ); ] No
[ forwarders { [ ip_addr ; [ ip_addr ; ... ] ] }; ] No
[ check-names ( warn | fail | ignore ); ] No
[ allow-update { address_match_list }; ] Obsolete
[ allow-update-forwarding { address_match_list }; ] No*
[ allow-query { address_match_list }; ] Yes@
[ allow-transfer { address_match_list }; ] Yes@
[ transfer-source ip_addr; ] Yes
[ transfer-source-v6 ip_addr; ] Yes*
[ max-transfer-time-in number; ] Yes
[ max-transfer-idle-in number; ] Yes*
[ max-transfer-time-out number; ] Yes*
[ max-transfer-idle-out number; ] Yes*
[ notify yes_or_no; ] Yes
[ also-notify { ip_addr; [ ip_addr; ... ] }; Yes
[ pubkey number number number string; ] No
zone "domain_name" [ ( in | hs | hesiod | chaos ) ] {
zone "." [ ( in | hs | hesiod | chaos ) ] {
[ check-names ( warn | fail | ignore ); ] No
view "view_name" [ ( in | hs | hesiod | chaos ) ] { Yes*
match-clients { address_match_list }; Yes*
[ auth-nxdomain yes_or_no; ] Yes
[ fetch-glue yes_or_no; ] No
[ notify yes_or_no; ] Yes
[ recursion yes_or_no; ] Yes
[ rfc2308-type1 yes_or_no; ] No
[ also-notify { ip_addr; [ ip_addr; ... ] }; ] Yes
[ forward ( only | first ); ] Yes
[ forwarders { [ in_addr ; [ in_addr ; ... ] ] }; ] Yes
[ allow-query { address_match_list }; ] Yes
[ allow-transfer { address_match_list }; ] Yes
[ allow-recursion { address_match_list }; ] Yes
[ query-source-v6 ... ] Yes
[ max-transfer-time-out number; ] Yes*
[ max-transfer-idle-out number; ] Yes*
[ max-cache-ttl number; ] Yes*
[ max-ncache-ttl number; ] Yes
[ max-cache-size size_spec; ] No*
[ transfer-format ( one-answer | many-answers ); ] Yes
[ transfer-source ip_addr; ] Yes
[ transfer-source-v6 ip_addr; ] Yes*
[ request-ixfr yes_or_no; ] Yes*
[ provide-ixfr yes_or_no;] Yes*
[ cleaning-interval number; ] Yes
[ topology { address_match_list }; ] No
[ sortlist { address_match_list }; ] No
[ rrset-order { order_spec ; [ order_spec ; ... ] }; ] No