BIND 8.2.5 RC1 is now available for public testing

Fri Aug 10 15:14:05 UTC 2001

BIND 8.2.5 is a maintainance release of BIND 8.2, containing minimal changes
from 8.2.4.  This is a release candidate.  Note that 8.3.0 is also in final
production and will contain actual feature changes.

Highlights vs. BIND 8.2.4:

	Minor bug fixes and portability changes.

the distribution files are:

ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/testing/825-rc1/bind-src.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/testing/825-rc1/bind-doc.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/testing/825-rc1/bind-contrib.tar.gz

the pgp signature files are:

ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/testing/825-rc1/bind-src.tar.gz.asc
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/testing/825-rc1/bind-doc.tar.gz.asc
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/testing/825-rc1/bind-contrib.tar.gz.asc

the md5 checksums are:

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top of CHANGES says:

        --- 8.2.5-RC1 released --- (Fri Aug 10 07:12:16 PDT 2001)

1251.   [bug]           AXFR style IXFR responses were not handled properly.

1250.   [doc]           document support-ixfr.

1248.   [bug]           string formats.

1247.   [bug]           dig -t axfr attempted to use UDP not TCP.

1246.   [doc]           miscellaneous nroff fixes.

1245.   [port]          winnt: named-xfer failures.  improved recvfrom()
                        emulation.

1244.   [port]          winnt: bug in tracking "file" file descriptors
                        extend "file" file descriptors support to 2048.

1243.   [cleanup]       defining REPORT_ERRORS in lib/dst caused compile time
                        errors.

1242.   [bug]           inet_pton() failed to reject octal input.

        --- 8.2.5-T2B released --- (Thu Jul 12 16:19:48 DST 2001)

1241.   [bug]           memory leaks: zone forwarder table, server key list,
                        global forwarder table, query tsig info, unused
                        channels, key names, xfr tsig info. 

1240.   [bug]           restore message if ns_forw() fails.

1237.   [bug]           buffer overrun, access mode read.

1235.   [port]          solaris 2.4: use ioctl(FIONBIO) rather than fcntl().

	--- 8.2.5-T1A released --- (Wed Jun 20 20:54:13 PDT 2001)

1234.	[bug]		memory leak with "use-id-pool no;".

1232.	[bug]		don't assume the forwarder has dropped bogus records.

1231.	[bug]		always restart a query if we dropped records when
			parsing.

1228.	[protocol]	IXFR don't test for AA, don't check that the question 
			is returned.

1227.	[port]		solaris: sys_nerr and sys_errlist do not exist when
			compiling in 64 bit mode.

1226.	[bug]		struct __res_state grew to large.

1225.	[bug]		don't send cross class additional records.

1224.	[bug]		Use after realloc(), non portable pointer arithmetic in
			grmerge().  

1223.	[bug]		allow all KEY records in parent zone at bottom of zone
			cut.

1222.	[bug]		HMAC-MD5 key files are now mode 0600.

1221.	[port]		aix: 4.3.3.0 (4.3.2.0?) and later have strndup().

1220.	[port]		winnt: isc_movefile() and syslog() updated.

1219.	[bug]		winnt: zone transfers could fail.

1217.	[bug]		#1186 broke the command-line programs that relied on
			the fact that HMAC-MD5 keys have keyid 0.

1215.	[bug]		long UNIX domain control socket names were not being
			printed in full.

1214.	[bug]		getrgnam()/getgrgid() leaked memory.

1213.	[bug]		#1199 introduced a reference after free bug.

	--- 8.2.5-T1A released --- (Wed Jun 20 20:54:13 PDT 2001)