BIND 9.6.0b1 is now available. BIND 9.6.0b1 is a beta release for BIND 9.6.0. Please as a minimum perform a test build on your operating system. We don't have test platforms for every operating system and sometimes we accidently break builds. Now is the time to tell us about that. Bugs should be reported to bind9-bugs@isc.org. BIND 9.6 has a number of new features over 9.5, including: Full NSEC3 support Automatic zone re-signing New update-policy methods tcp-self and 6to4-self BIND 9.6.0b1 can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.6.0b1/bind-9.6.0b1.tar.gz The PGP signature of the distribution is at ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.6.0b1/bind-9.6.0b1.tar.gz.asc ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.6.0b1/bind-9.6.0b1.tar.gz.sha256.asc ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.6.0b1/bind-9.6.0b1.tar.gz.sha512.asc The signature was generated with the ISC public key, which is available at . A binary kit for Windows XP and Window 2003 is at ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.6.0b1/BIND9.6.0b1.zip ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.6.0b1/BIND9.6.0b1.debug.zip The PGP signature of the binary kit for Windows XP and Window 2003 is at ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.6.0b1/BIND9.6.0b1.zip.asc ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.6.0b1/BIND9.6.0b1.zip.sha256.asc ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.6.0b1/BIND9.6.0b1.zip.sha512.asc ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.6.0b1/BIND9.6.0b1.debug.zip.asc ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.6.0b1/BIND9.6.0b1.debug.zip.sha256.asc ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.6.0b1/BIND9.6.0b1.debug.zip.sha512.asc Changes since BIND 9.6.0a1 --- 9.6.0b1 released --- 2481. [bug] rbtdb.c:matchparams() failed to handle NSEC3 chain collisions. [RT #18812] 2480. [bug] named could fail to emit all the required NSEC3 records. [RT #18812] 2479. [bug] xfrout:covers was not properly initalized. [RT #18801] 2478. [bug] 'addresses' could be used uninitalized in configure_forward(). [RT #18800] 2477. [bug] dig: the global option to print the command line is +cmd not print_cmd. Update the output to reflect this. [RT #17008] 2476. [doc] ARM: improve documentation for max-journal-size and ixfr-from-differences. [RT #15909] [RT #18541] 2475. [bug] LRU cache cleanup under overmem condition could purge particular entries more aggressively. [RT #17628] 2474. [bug] ACL structures could be allocated with insufficient space, causing an array overrun. [RT #18765] 2473. [port] linux: raise the limit on open files to the possible maximum value before spawning threads; 'files' specified in named.conf doesn't seem to work with threads as expected. [RT #18784] 2472. [port] linux: check the number of available cpu's before calling chroot as it depends on "/proc". [RT #16923] 2471. [bug] named-checkzone was not reporting missing mandatory glue when sibling checks were disabled. [RT #18768] 2470. [bug] Elements of the isc_radix_node_t could be incorrectly overwritten. [RT# 18719] 2469. [port] solaris: Work around Solaris's select() limitations. [RT #18769] 2468. [bug] Resolver could try unreachable servers multiple times. [RT #18739] 2467. [bug] Failure of fcntl(F_DUPFD) wasn't logged. [RT #18740] 2466. [doc] ARM: explain max-cache-ttl 0 SERVFAIL issue. [RT #18302] 2465. [bug] Adb's handling of lame addresses was different for IPv4 and IPv6. [RT #18738] 2464. [port] linux: check that a capability is present before trying to set it. [RT #18135] 2463. [port] linux: POSIX doesn't include the IPv6 Advanced Socket API and glibc hides parts of the IPv6 Advanced Socket API as a result. This is stupid as it breaks how the two halves (Basic and Advanced) of the IPv6 Socket API were designed to be used but we have to live with it. Define _GNU_SOURCE to pull in the IPv6 Advanced Socket API. [RT #18388] 2462. [doc] Document -m (enable memory usage debugging) option for dig. [RT #18757] 2461. [port] sunos: Change #2363 was not complete. [RT #17513] --- 9.6.0a1 released ---