BIND 8.3.7 Release

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

			BIND 8.3.7 Release

BIND 8.3.7 is a security release of BIND 8.3.  This is expected to
be the last release of BIND 8.3 except for security issues.

The recommended version to use is BIND 9.2.3.  If for whatever
reason you must run BIND 8, use nothing earlier than 8.3.7-REL,
8.4.2-REL.  Do not under any circumstances run BIND 4.

Highlights vs. 8.3.6
	Security Fix: Negative Cache Poison Fix.

Highlights vs. 8.3.5
        Maintenance release.

Highlights vs. 8.3.4
        Maintenance release.

Highlights vs. 8.3.3
        Security Fix DoS and buffer overrun.

Highlights vs. 8.3.2
        Security Fix libbind. All applications linked against libbind
        need to re-linked.
        'rndc restart' now preserves named's arguments

Highlights vs. BIND 8.3.1:
	dig, nslookup, host and nsupdate have improved IPv6 support.

Highlights vs. BIND 8.3.0:

	Critical bug fix to prevent DNS storms. If you have BIND 8.3.0 you
	need to upgrade.

the distribution files are:

ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/8.3.7/bind-src.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/8.3.7/bind-doc.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/8.3.7/bind-contrib.tar.gz

the pgp signature files are:

ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/8.3.7/bind-src.tar.gz.asc
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/8.3.7/bind-doc.tar.gz.asc
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/8.3.7/bind-contrib.tar.gz.asc

the md5 checksums are:

MD5 (bind-contrib.tar.gz) = 89009ee8d937cd652a77742644772023
MD5 (bind-contrib.tar.gz.asc) = 3b91ed818771d21aa37c3ecc4685ba9d
MD5 (bind-doc.tar.gz) = b7ccbde30d8c43202eabf61a51366852
MD5 (bind-doc.tar.gz.asc) = 333f80ec3d12ef7fc27a19ba2f9a9be0
MD5 (bind-src.tar.gz) = 36cc1660eb7d73e872a1e5af6f832167
MD5 (bind-src.tar.gz.asc) = 50a45b11e12441142d6eac423c5d01c7

Windows NT / Windows 2000 binary distribution.

	There will be no Windows binary release of BIND 8.3.7.
	The current Windows binary release is BIND 8.4.3.

top of CHANGES says:

        --- 8.3.7-REL released --- (Wed Sep  3 21:01:37 PDT 2003)

1581.	[bug]		apply anti-cache poison techniques to negative
			answers.

        --- 8.3.6-REL released --- (Sun Jun  8 15:11:32 PDT 2003)