New BIND releases are available: 9.16.50, 9.18.26, 9.19.23

[Victoria Risk]

Our April 2024 maintenance releases of BIND 9 are available and can be downloaded from the ISC software download page, https://www.isc.org/download.  Please note that this marks the end of maintenance for the BIND 9.16 branch. 

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

  - Current supported stable branches:

    9.16.50 - https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.16.50/doc/arm/html/notes.html
    9.18.26 - https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.18.26/doc/arm/html/notes.html

  - Experimental development branch:

    9.19.23 - https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.19.23/doc/arm/html/notes.html

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We recommend that users planning to upgrade from either the 9.11 branch or the 9.16 branch (both of which are now EOL) read the following documents first:

    https://kb.isc.org/docs/changes-to-be-aware-of-when-moving-from-911-to-916
    https://kb.isc.org/docs/changes-to-be-aware-of-when-moving-from-bind-916-to-918