BIND 9.3.2 Release Notes (5900-2140, December 2011)

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This document discusses the most recent product information pertaining to Berkeley Internet Name
Domain (BIND) 9.3.2. It also discusses how to install BIND 9.3.2 on the HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i
v2, and HP-UX 11i v3 operating systems.
Announcement
BIND is a Berkeley implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS). It is a distributed network
information lookup service that maps host names to Internet addresses, and Internet addresses to
host names. It also facilitates Internet mail routing by providing a list of hosts that accept mail for
other hosts.
BIND 9.3.2 is the latest web upgrade version of BIND. It is available for download at http://
h20293.www2.hp.com/.
NOTE: As of the initial release of HP-UX 11i v3, this product is added to new software bundle.
As a result, the product can be updated through an HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environment Update
Release (OEUR). It can also be updated through the Application Release (AR) media, through
web-releases, and through patches.
What is in this version?
This version of BIND 9.3.2 for the HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2 and HP-UX 11i v3 operating systems
does not include any new feature and contains only defect fixes. For information on the defect
fixes, see “Defects fixed in this release” (page 15).
BIND 9.3.2 features
BIND 9.3.2 offers the following features:
• “DNSSEC implementation based on RFC 4033, 4034, and 4035” (page 4)
• “Support for the ip6.arpa domain” (page 6)
• “New method of listing master servers” (page 6)
• “New options in the Options statement” (page 6)
• “New option to configure the ordering of records” (page 8)
• “New option to set the advertized EDNS UDP buffer size” (page 8)
• “New option to restrict the character set of domain names” (page 8)
• “New options to enable and disable IXFR” (page 9)
• “Transition support for IPv4 and IPv6” (page 9)
• “New commands in the rndc utility” (page 9)
• “New option in the zone statement” (page 10)
• “New command-line options” (page 10)
• “Supports RFC 4193 (Unique local IPv6 unicast addresses)” (page 11)
DNSSEC implementation based on RFC 4033, 4034, and 4035
Starting with BIND 9.3.2, the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) feature
implements the standards specified in RFC 4033 (DNS Security Introduction and Requirements),
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