BIND 9.4.x and check-names

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas]

>>Isn't it time to upgrade?

On 18.04.13 08:35, Ben-Eliezer, Tal (ITS) wrote:
>Yes, it is. In fact, adding these statements to the options clause is in
> preparation for our migration to a later version.
>It seems from my testing that while BIND 9.4 was very passive about these
> type of records, and would load a zone despite "illegal chars", later
> versions of BIND would actually fail to start.  This is a fundamental
> difference between BIND 9.4 and 9.7.3, for example.
>I am dealing with about 14 BIND servers so the more preparation steps I can
> take prior to cutover, the better.

>> bind 9.4 has also "check-names response";

>Ok, I'm reading up on that now. Should I be able to suppress the logging
>using: "check-names response ignore;" ?

This should be the default. Also, current version could have better handling
of this issue...
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