From vicky at isc.org  Fri Jan  8 00:14:17 2021
From: vicky at isc.org (Victoria Risk)
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2021 00:14:17 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: BIND 9 Release Model changes
Message-ID: <2086204710.11876341.1610064857326.JavaMail.zimbra@isc.org>

BIND users,

We are changing the BIND release model again. We will not be producing a new stable branch every year. Instead we will produce a new stable branch every other year, and will support each of these for a total of 4 years. I have posted a blog at https://www.isc.org/blogs/2021-bind-release-model/ that explains this in more words (and with a picture!).

We are making this change because we are not ready to create a new stable branch right now, but we also think it will work out well for our users. I can't remember when anyone asked us to have more branches, but we are frequently asked to support our stable branches for longer.  This way we will be able to provide 4 years of support for every production branch.

I am happy to answer questions or hear your comments about this change either by direct emails or, if you prefer, you can bring it up on bind-users.

Regards,

Vicky Risk,
Product Manager

From mcnally at isc.org  Thu Jan 21 03:09:17 2021
From: mcnally at isc.org (Michael McNally)
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 18:09:17 -0900
Subject: New BIND releases are available: 9.11.27, 9.16.11, and 9.17.9
Message-ID: <d22fd208-7a6a-fa55-8fc6-be22e28e8ad3@isc.org>

The January maintenance releases of BIND are available and can be downloaded
from the ISC software download page, https://www.isc.org/download

A summary of changes in the new releases can be found in their release notes:

current supported stable branches:

   9.11.27 - https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.11.27/RELEASE-NOTES-bind-9.11.27.html
   9.16.11 - https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.16.11/RELEASE-NOTES-bind-9.16.11.html

experimental development branch:

   9.17.9  - https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.17.9/RELEASE-NOTES-bind-9.17.9.html

If you are among the many users who use the detached signatures provided with each
release download to verify their authenticity, please note that these releases are
double-signed -- the provided detached signature files can demonstrate the validity
of their contents using either:

  -  the 2019-2020 code signing key (AE3F?AC79?6711?EC59?FC00??7AA4?74BB?6B9A?4CBB?3D38)
     which expires on January 31st of this month, or

  -  the 2021-2022 code signing key (7E1C?91AC?8030?A5A5?9D1E??FAB9?750F?3C87?723E?4012)
     which is newly available from https://www.isc.org/pgpkey (specifically you want the
     item labeled "Current ISC Code Signing Key 2021 - 2022 (codesign at isc.org)"


For those who are unfamiliar with PGP / GPG, the page with the ISC public keys
(https://www.isc.org/pgpkey) also contains instructions on how to use the public key
portion of the codesign key and the signature files to verify the contents of your download.

After 31 January, 2021, the old key will be expired and will no longer be used,
so please take care to update your public key ring before next month's releases.


Michael McNally
Internet Systems Consortium