4.3.0a1 now available

Shawn Routhier sar at isc.org
Wed Dec 18 20:09:44 UTC 2013


ISC DHCP 4.3.0a1 is now available for download.

This is the FIRST ALPHA of ISC DHCP 4.3.0, a feature release which
contains many new features, as well as a number of bug fixes.  The
theme for this release is "IPv6 Uplift" in which we extend many of
the features you may be using in DHCPv4 to be available in DHCPv6.
Many of them, such as class support for v6, follow the same style
as for use in v4 and should be familiar to current users.

During the configuration step you may see the following messages:
 ./configure[12227]: break: cannot break
 ./configure[12227]: -c: not found
These should not affect the DHCP code.

A list of the changes in this release has been appended to the end
of this message.  For a complete list of changes from any previous
release, please consult the RELNOTES file within the source
distribution.  They can also be found at:

    https://www.isc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dhcp4p3p0a1-RELNOTES.pdf
or
    https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01073/82/DHCP-4.3.0a1-Release-Notes.html

We plan to add some knowledge base articles about using some of
the new features in the future for now you can consult the
webinar we presented recently:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hdqetPCU-w

For more webinars please see:

    http://www.youtube.com/user/ISCdotorg

This release, and its OpenPGP-signatures are available now from:

    https://www.isc.org/downloads/DHCP/

or

    ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/dhcp/4.3.0a1/dhcp-4.3.0a1.tar.gz
    ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/dhcp/4.3.0a1/dhcp-4.3.0a1.tar.gz.sha512.asc
    ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/dhcp/4.3.0a1/dhcp-4.3.0a1.tar.gz.sha256.asc
    ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/dhcp/4.3.0a1/dhcp-4.3.0a1.tar.gz.sha1.asc

ISC's Release Signing Key can be obtained at:

    http://www.isc.org/about/openpgp/

                        Changes since 4.2.0 (new features)

- If a client renews before 'dhcp-cache-threshold' percent of its lease
  has elapsed (default 25%), the server will reuse the allocated lease
  (provide a lease within the currently allocated lease-time) rather
  than extend or renew the lease.  This absolves the server of needing
  to perform an fsync() operation on the lease database before reply,
  which improves performance. [ISC-Bugs #22228]
  Update this patch to support asynchronous DDNS.  If the server is
  attempting to do DDNS on a lease it should be updated and written to
  disk even if that wouldn't be necessary due to the thresholding
  [ISC-Bugs #26311]

- The 'no available billing' log line now also logs the name of the last
  matching billing class tried before failing to provide a billing.
  [ISC-Bugs #21759]

- A problem with missing get_hw_addr function when --enable-use-sockets
  was used is now solved on GNU/Linux, BSD and GNU/Hurd systems. Note
  that use-sockets feature was not tested on those systems. Client and
  server code no longer use MAX_PATH constant that is not defined on
  GNU/Hurd systems. [ISC-Bugs #25979]

- Add a perl script in the contrib directory, dhcp-lease-list.pl, which
  can parse v4 lease files and output the lease information in a more
  human friendly manner.  This was written by Christian Hammers with
  some updates by vom and ISC.  This is contributed code and is not
  supported by ISC; however it may be useful to some users.
  [ISC-Bugs #20680]

- Add support in v6 for on-commit, on-expire and on-release.
  [ISC-Bugs #27912

- Add support for using classes with v6.
  [ISC-Bugs #26510]

- Update the DDNS code to current standards and allow for sharing
  of DDNS entries between v4 and v6 clients.  The new code is used
  if the ddns-update-style is set to "standard", the older code is
  still available if ddns-update-style is set to "interim".  The
  oldest DDNS code "ad-hoc" has been removed.  Thanks to Thomas Pegeot
  who submitted a patch for this issue.  This patch is based on
  that work with some modifications.
  [ISC-Bugs #21139]

- Add a configuration option to the server to suppress using fsync().
  Enabling this option will mean that fsync() is never called.  This
  may provide better performance but there is also a risk that a lease
  will not be properly written to the disk after it has been issued
  to a client and before the server stops.  Using this option is
  not recommended.
  [ISC-Bugs #34810]

- Add some logging statements to indicate when the server is ready
  to serve.  One statement is emitted after the server has finished
  reading its files and is about to enter the dispatch loop.
  This is "Server starting service.".
  The second is emitted when a server determines that both it and
  its failover peer are in the normal state.
  This is "failover peer <name>: Both servers normal."
  [ISC-Bugs #33208]

- Add support for accessing options from v6 relays.  The v6relay
  statement allows the administrator to choose which relay to
  use when searching for an option, see the dhcp-options man page
  for a description.  The host-identifier option has also been
  updated to support the use of relay options see the dhcpd.conf
  man page for a description.
  [ISC-Bugs #19598]

- When doing DDNS if there isn't an appropriate zone statement attempt
  to find a reasonable nameserver via a DNS resolver.  This restores
  some functionality that was lost in the transition to asynchronous
  DDNS.  Due to the lack of security and increase in fragility of the
  system when using this feature we strongly recommend the use of
  appropriate zone statements rather than using this functionality.
  [ISC-Bugs #30461]

- Add support for specifying the address from which to send
  DDNS updates on the DHCP server.  There are two new options
  "ddns-local-address4" and "ddns-local-address6" that each take
  one instance of their respective address types.
  [ISC-Bugs #34779]

- Add ignore-client-uids option in the server.  This option causes
  the server to not record a client's uid in its lease.  This
  violates the specification but may also be useful when a client
  can dual boot using different client ids but the same mac address.
  Thank you to Brian De Wolf for the patch.
  [ISC-Bugs #32427]
  [ISC-Bugs #35066]

- Extend the DHCPINFORM processing to honor the subnet selection option
  and take host declarations into account.
  Thanks to Christof Chen for testing and submitting the patch.
  [ISC-Bugs #35015]


                        Changes since 4.2.5

- Address static analysis warnings.
  [ISC-Bugs #33510] [ISC-Bugs #33511]

- Silence benign static analysis warnings.
  [ISC-Bugs #33428]

- Add check for 64-bit package for atf.
  [ISC-Bugs #32206]

- Use newer auto* tool packages and turn on RFC_3542 support on Mac OS.
  [ISC-Bugs #26303]

- Remove a variable when it isn't being used due to #ifdefs to avoid
  a compiler warning on Solaris using GCC.
  [ISC-Bugs #33032]

- Add a check for too much whitespace in a config or lease file.
  Thanks to Paolo Pellegrino for finding the issue and a suggestion
  for the patch.
  [ISC-Bugs #33351]

- Fix several problems with using OMAPI to manipulate class and subclass
  objects.
  [ISC-Bugs #27452]

- Added a sleep call after killing the old client to allow time
  for the sockets to be cleaned.  This should allow the -r option
  to work more consistently.
  [ISC-Bugs #18175]

- Missing files for ISC DHCP Developer's Guide are now included in
  the release tarballs. To generate this documentation, please use
  make devel command in doc directory. [ISC-Bugs #32767]

- Update client script for use with OpenWrt.
  [ISC-Bugs #29843]

- Fix the socket handling for DHCPv6 clients to allow multiple instances
  of a client on a single machine to work properly.  Previously only
  one client would receive the packets.  Thanks to Jiri Popelka at Red Hat
  for the bug report and a potential patch.
  [ISC-Bugs #34784]

- Added support for gentle shutdown after signal is received.
  [ISC-Bugs #32692] [ISC-Bugs 34945]

- Enhance the DHCPv6 server logging to include the addresses that are assigned
  to the clients.
  [ISC-Bugs #26377]



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