diff --git a/README b/README index e6fc77648f..9993358b45 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -114,28 +114,13 @@ BIND 9.2 --with-libtool does not work on AIX. + A bug in the Windows 2000 DNS server can cause zone transfers + from a BIND 9 server to a W2K server to fail. For details, + see the "Zone Transfers" section in doc/misc/migration. + For a detailed list of user-visible changes from previous releases, see the CHANGES file. -Interoperability - - BIND 4: - Zone transfers may fail due to named-xfer not - understanding the "transfer-format many-answers;". All such - version of BIND 4 have known security flaws and we do not - recommend that you run such versions. If you can't upgrade - the server you can set "transfer-format one-answer;" for this - server. - - Microsoft Windows 2000 DNS: - Zone transfers sometimes fail to Windows 2000 DNS - servers due to a bug in the Windows 2000 DNS server where DNS - messages larger than 16K are not handled properly. There will - be a hot fix available from Microsoft to address this issue. In - the meantime set "transfer-format one-answer;" for this server. - [As of May 4 2001 the hotfix was still being prepared] - - Building BIND 9 currently requires a UNIX system with an ANSI C compiler,