records with an incorrect class to be be accepted,
triggering a REQUIRE failure when those records
were subsequently cached. (CVE-2015-8000) [RT #4098]
4235. [func] Added support in named for "dnstap", a fast method of
capturing and logging DNS traffic, and a new command
"dnstap-read" to read a dnstap log file. Use
"configure --enable-dnstap" to enable this
feature (note that this requires libprotobuf-c
and libfstrm). See the ARM for configuration details.
Thanks to Robert Edmonds of Farsight Security.
[RT #40211]
3938. [func] Added quotas to be used in recursive resolvers
that are under high query load for names in zones
whose authoritative servers are nonresponsive or
are experiencing a denial of service attack.
- "fetches-per-server" limits the number of
simultaneous queries that can be sent to any
single authoritative server. The configured
value is a starting point; it is automatically
adjusted downward if the server is partially or
completely non-responsive. The algorithm used to
adjust the quota can be configured via the
"fetch-quota-params" option.
- "fetches-per-zone" limits the number of
simultaneous queries that can be sent for names
within a single domain. (Note: Unlike
"fetches-per-server", this value is not
self-tuning.)
- New stats counters have been added to count
queries spilled due to these quotas.
See the ARM for details of these options. [RT #37125]
experimental SIT option of BIND 9.10. The following
named.conf directives are avaliable: send-cookie,
cookie-secret, cookie-algorithm and nocookie-udp-size.
The following dig options are available:
+[no]cookie[=value] and +[no]badcookie. [RT #39928]
dns_rdata_opt_current, dns_rdata_txt_first,
dns_rdata_txt_next and dns_rdata_txt_current were
documented but not implemented. These have now been
implemented.
dns_rdata_spf_first, dns_rdata_spf_next and
dns_rdata_spf_current were document but not
implemented. The prototypes for these
functions have been removed. [RT #38068]
4023. [bug] win32: socket handling with explict ports and
invoking named with -4 was broken for some
configurations. [RT #38068]
4006. [security] A flaw in delegation handling could be exploited
to put named into an infinite loop. This has
been addressed by placing limits on the number
of levels of recursion named will allow (default 7),
and the number of iterative queries that it will
send (default 50) before terminating a recursive
query (CVE-2014-8500).
The recursion depth limit is configured via the
"max-recursion-depth" option. [RT #35780]
EDNS(1) queries (define DRAFT_ANDREWS_EDNS1 when
building). Add support for limiting the EDNS version
advertised to servers: server { edns-version 0; };
Log the EDNS version received in the query log.
[RT #35864]
3943. [func] SERVFAIL responses can now be cached for a
limited time (configured by "servfail-ttl",
default 10 seconds, limit 30). This can reduce
the frequency of retries when an authoritative
server is known to be failing, e.g., due to
ongoing DNSSEC validation problems. [RT #21347]
Mukund Sivaraman
Mark Andrews
Tinderbox User
Evan Hunt
Francis Dupont