BIND 8.2.4 public release
Paul A Vixie
vixie at mfnx.net
Thu May 17 17:21:10 UTC 2001
Highlights vs. BIND 8.2.3:
Fixes long-standing protocol incompatibility in DNSSEC support.
Avoids fwd'ing to root name servers if response will be rejected.
new port/cygwin contributed by s_c_biggs at bigfoot.com.
new contrib/mdnkit (V1.3) from author.
new contrib/adm from official ftp site.
new contrib/host from author.
new contrib/dnsp from author.
fixed file descriptor leak in resolver.
numerous portability improvements.
numerous bug fixes.
the distribution files are:
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/8.2.4/bind-src.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/8.2.4/bind-doc.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/8.2.4/bind-contrib.tar.gz
the pgp signature files are:
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/8.2.4/bind-src.tar.gz.asc
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/8.2.4/bind-doc.tar.gz.asc
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/8.2.4/bind-contrib.tar.gz.asc
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top of CHANGES says:
--- 8.2.4-REL released --- (Wed May 9 14:36:23 PDT 2001)
1212. [bug] some function declarations wern't protected by
__BEGIN_DECL/__END_DECL in resolv.h.
1211. [port] next: openstep is now supported as well as nextstep.
1210. [port] add: SCO Unix 5.0.6.
1209. [port] winnt: issues.
--- 8.2.4-T2B released --- (Thu May 3 05:48:14 PDT 2001)
1207. [contrib] new h2n from author.
1206. [bug] ixfr_getdelta() uninitialised variable used.
1205. [bug] parse_cert_rr() passes wrong buffer size to b64_pton().
1204. [bug] memory leak: pathname leaked specifing controls unix.
1203. [bug] detect corrupted ixfr logs.
1202. [bug] memory leak: dynamic update was leaking.
1200. [bug] memory leak: when following CNAMES from of req_query().
1199. [bug] memory leak: when defining keys.
1195. [bug] memory leak: include in named.conf leaked file name.
1194. [port] MPE/IX port updated by Mark Bixby of the
HP CSY MPE/iX Internet & Interoperability Team.
1193. [port] winnt: path separator.
1192. [bug] winnt: fix accept failures.
1191. [port] winnt: a CLI tool for controling named 'BINDcmd' now
exists.
1190. [contrib] nslint upgraded from 1.5.1 to 2.0.2 (by author).
1189. [port] redo #1146 to cope w/ differing gettimeofday()
function signatures.
1188. [bug] memory leak when removing multiple records via dynamic
updates.
--- 8.2.4-T1B released --- (Thu Apr 19 14:38:30 PDT 2001)
1187. [support] Don't accept in a query names which would be rejected
in responses.
1186. [bug] DNSSEC key ids were computed incorrectly.
1185. [bug] remember if a notify came in while a zone transfer is
in progress and perform a refresh check after the
transfer completes.
--- 8.2.4-T1A released --- (Sun Apr 1 12:15:48 PDT 2001)
1184. [support] notify delay limit now "nzones" rather than "nzones/5".
1183. [port] new port/cygwin contributed by s_c_biggs at bigfoot.com.
1182. [contrib] new contrib/mdnkit (V1.3) from author.
1181. [bug] dig -T was only delaying after the first batched query.
1180. [bug] NSAP processing did not support leading 0x as required
by RFC 1706.
1179. [contrib] new contrib/adm from official ftp site.
1178. [contrib] new contrib/host from author.
1177. [contrib] new contrib/dnsp from author.
1176. [bug] fix memory and file descriptor leaks.
1175. [bug] statp->nsort could fail to be re-initialised if
resolv.conf goes away.
1174. [port] winnt: missing call to sockout() in close().
1173. [bug] suppress repeated notifies when a nameserver is a
CNAME.
1172. [bug] allow res_{n}update to take a single unlinked element.
1171. [doc] rfc2308-type1 applies to answers from the cache.
1170. [port] winnt: does not have unix domain sockets.
1171. [bug] xfers_deferred could become out of sync.
1170. [bug] check the family before using a cached result from
gethostbyname*().
1169. [cleanup] namespace cleanup of prand_conf.
1168. [port] fix ctk ORD_32 problem on some HPUX 10.20 systems.
1167. [support] note possible HAVE_STRNDUP need for AIX4.
1166. [bug] bad $TTL could kill the contributed dns_signer.
1165. [func] INITIALZONES tuning for large servers (> 1000 zones).
1164. [bug] the resolver could leak a file descriptors under
certain conditions.
1163. [func] ns_critical() is now available.
1162. [port] winnt: add strerror.
1161. [support] log out of memory during zone transfers.
1160. [support] extend "Response from unexpected source" message.
1159. [doc] query-source is used for TCP and that the port is
ignored.
1158. [func] add A6, DNAME, SINK and OPT to list of known RR types
in res_debug.
1157. [perf] add more ns_wouldlog() calls on mainline.
1156. [bug] don't use a known bogus key name.
1155. [support] log possible "TSIG BUG" exploit attempts. Requires
LOG_TSIG_BUG to be defined in bin/named/named.h.
1154. [bug] RFC2317 support was broken in bin/host command again.
1153. [support] be more consist with the use of slave vs secondary.
1152. [bug] ixfr processing could leave Z_XFER_RUNNING set.
1151. [bug] failed to correctly parse the orginal ttl in SIG
records.
1150. [bug] forwarders: it was possible to use freed memory.
1149. [support] zone rejected message to error level.
1148. [bug] non-glue now logged to category load.
1147. [bug] handle notify w/ SOA records better.
1146. [support] be more gentle in handling bad system clocks.
1145. [port] solaris: 2.4 does not have pthreads.
1144. [support] log class w/ denied messages.
1143. [bug] only use the query-source address, not port, for TCP
connections.
1142. [doc] document change #924 better (doc/html/controls.html).
1141. [bug] DESTDIR is not part of the nslookup help file path.
1140. [bug] only reset interval timers if the value has changed.
--- 8.2.3-REL released ---
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