G06.27 Release Version Update Compendium

G06.27 Release Version Update Compendium—540430-001
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8 Networking Products
The G06.27 RVU contains new features for this networking product:
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DNS
DNS
Domain Name System (DNS) 9.3.0 is available as of G06.27 and provides these new
features:
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Based on BIND 9.3
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Provides security features, including:
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RFC 2845 Secret Key Transaction Authentication Transaction Signatures for
DNS (TSIG)
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RFC 3658 Delegation Signer (DS) Resource Record (RR)
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Provides DNS dynamic updates, including Incremental Zone Transfer (IXFR) and
NOTIFY
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Supports IPv6 address resolution using A6 Resource Records (RR), DNAME RRs,
and Bitstring labels
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Provides a means to bind a name server with the user-specified TCP/IP process
during run time
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Provides a means to enable applications to choose a resolver configuration file
other than the default
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Provides the flexibility to add multiple sections in the resolv.conf file, where
each section comprises a domain name and set of name servers
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Provides support for all features available in the older DNS 4.8.3 without
regression
For more information, see the DNS Configuration and Management Manual.