4.3.0a1 now available

Cathy Almond cathya at isc.org
Thu Dec 19 08:35:35 UTC 2013


You can't update a slave server directly with DDNS - slave servers don't
accept dynamic updates (they accept zone transfers, AXFR or IXFR).

You can configure a BIND slave server to perform update forwarding -
that is, to handle receipt of DDNS updates and to forward those to its
master to insert into the zone - but that has been possible for a long time.

Nothing in this latest release changes that, although there have been
some updates to DDNS around DHCP's ability to determine itself the
nameserver to which it sends dynamic updates rather than relying on zone
statements in the DHCP configuration:

> - 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]

Cathy

On 19/12/2013 07:27, Flex Banana wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> Will this new release offer the possibilitie to update a slave bind DNS with DDNS mechanism ?
> 
> Thanks for your work
> Banana
> 
> 
> On 18 Dec 2013, at 21:09, Shawn Routhier <sar at isc.org> wrote:
> 
>> 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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