diff --git a/README b/README index f5409f736f..a6781a088a 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -56,6 +56,19 @@ BIND 9.11.0 BIND 9.11.0 includes a number of changes from BIND 9.10 and earlier releases. New features include: + - SERVFAIL responses can now be cached for a limited time + (defaulting to 10 seconds, with an upper limit of 30). + This can reduce the frequency of retries when a query is + persistently failing. + - The new "rndc nta" command can be used to set a "negative + trust anchor", disabling DNSSEC validation for a specific + domain; this can be used when responses from a domain are + known to be failing validation due to administrative error + rather than because of a spoofing attack. Negative trust + anchors are strictly temporary; by default they expire after + one hour, but can be configured to last up to one week. + - Update forwarding performance has been improved by allowing + a single TCP connection to be shared by multiple updates. - The EDNS Client Subnet (ECS) option is now supported for authoritative servers; if a query contains an ECS option then ACLs containing "geoip" or "ecs" elements can match