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Doug Barton 37ba3cc3a7 By popular demand add a port for the newest BIND branch, 9.9.x. This will
stay as a -devel until it's formally released, which should be soon'ish.

BIND 9.9 includes a number of changes from BIND 9.8 and earlier releases,
including:
	NXDOMAIN redirection
	Improved startup and reconfiguration time, especially with large
		numbers of authoritative zones
	New "inline-signing" option, allows named to sign zones completely
		transparently, including static zones
	Many other new features, especially for DNSSEC

See the CHANGES file for more information on features.

https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00592
2012-01-28 05:28:10 +00:00

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BIND version 9 is a major rewrite of nearly all aspects of the underlying BIND
architecture. Some of the important features of BIND 9 are:
DNS Security: DNSSEC (signed zones), TSIG (signed DNS requests)
IP version 6: Answers DNS queries on IPv6 sockets, IPv6 resource records (AAAA)
Experimental IPv6 Resolver Library
DNS Protocol Enhancements: IXFR, DDNS, Notify, EDNS0
Improved standards conformance
Views: One server process can provide multiple "views" of the DNS namespace,
e.g. an "inside" view to certain clients, and an "outside" view to others.
Multiprocessor Support
BIND 9.9 includes a number of changes from BIND 9.8 and earlier releases,
including:
NXDOMAIN redirection
Improved startup and reconfiguration time, especially with large
numbers of authoritative zones
New "inline-signing" option, allows named to sign zones completely
transparently, including static zones
Many other new features, especially for DNSSEC
See the CHANGES file for more information on features.
WWW: https://www.isc.org/software/bind