Upgrading Bind

Mark_Andrews at isc.org Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Sat Jul 13 06:16:38 UTC 2002


> Kalyan Manchikanti wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > This is my first post here, so please excuse me if i have asked a stupid
> > question. We have our environment running a master
> > server and a slave server in a different location.The version of Bind we
> > are running is 8.1.2.We have decided that this version should be upgraded
> > due to various security reasons(preferably 8.3.3).My question/ questions
> > are,
> > (1).If i upgrade to Bind 8.3.3 do i have to make any configurational
> > changes to my zone files and my named.conf?
> >
> > (2).Have any of you guys had any problems / issues after upgrading to this
> > version?
> 
> You should put $TTL directives at the top of all your master files (see the
> BIND-included documentation or RFC 2308), otherwise named will complain a lot
> into the log files.
> 
> Other than that, I think BIND 8.3.3 accepts everything that BIND 8.1.2 did...
> 
> 
> - Kevin

	8.3.3 is stricter that 8.1.2.  Various invalid constucts are caught
	by 8.3.3 that wern't caught by 8.1.2.  Check your log files.

	Mark
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