Configuring and Managing MPE/iX Internet Services (MPE/iX 6.5)

204 AppendixC
BIND 8.1 Enhanced Features
BIND 8 Highlights
BIND 8 Highlights
• DNS Dynamic Updates (RFC 2136)
• DNS Change Notification (RFC 1996)
• Completely new configuration syntax
• Flexible, categorized logging system
• IP-address-based access control for queries, zone transfers, and
updates that may be specified on a zone-by-zone basis
• More efficient zone transfers
• Improved performance for servers with thousands of zones
• The server no longer forks for outbound zone transfers
• Many bug fixes
BIND 8 is much more configurable than the previous release of BIND.
There are entirely new areas of configuration, such as access control
lists and categorized logging. Many options that previously applied to
all zones can now be used selectively. These features, plus a
consideration of future configuration needs led to the creation of a new
configuration file format.
BIND Configuration File Guide — Logging Statement
Syntax
logging {
[ channel channel_name {
( file path_name
[ versions ( number | unlimited ) ]
[ size size_spec ]
| syslog ( kern | user | mail | daemon | auth | syslog | lpr |
news | uucp | cron | authpriv | ftp |
local0 | local1 | local2 | local3 |
local4 | local5 | local6 | local7 )
| null );
[ severity ( critical | error | warning | notice |
info | debug [ level ] | dynamic ); ]
[ print-category yes_or_no; ]
[ print-severity yes_or_no; ]
[ print-time yes_or_no; ]
}; ]
[ category category_name {
channel_name; [ channel_name; ... ]
}; ]
...
};