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<sect1 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<xi:include href="noteversion.xml"/>
<sect2 id="relnotes_intro">
<title>Introduction</title>
<para>
This document summarizes changes since the last production release
of BIND on the corresponding major release branch.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="relnotes_download">
<title>Download</title>
<para>
The latest versions of BIND 9 software can always be found at
<ulink url="http://www.isc.org/downloads/"
>http://www.isc.org/downloads/</ulink>.
There you will find additional information about each release,
source code, and pre-compiled versions for Microsoft Windows
operating systems.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="relnotes_security">
<title>Security Fixes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>None</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="relnotes_features">
<title>New Features</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>None</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="relnotes_changes">
<title>Feature Changes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
ACLs containing <command>geoip asnum</command> elements were
not correctly matched unless the full organization name was
specified in the ACL (as in
<command>geoip asnum "AS1234 Example, Inc.";</command>).
They can now match against the AS number alone (as in
<command>geoip asnum "AS1234";</command>).
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
When using native PKCS#11 cryptography (i.e.,
<command>configure --enable-native-pkcs11</command>) HSM PINs
of up to 256 characters can now be used.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
NXDOMAIN responses to queries of type DS are now cached separately
from those for other types. This helps when using "grafted" zones
of type forward, for which the parent zone does not contain a
delegation, such as local top-level domains. Previously a query
of type DS for such a zone could cause the zone apex to be cached
as NXDOMAIN, blocking all subsequent queries. (Note: This
change is only helpful when DNSSEC validation is not enabled.
"Grafted" zones without a delegation in the parent are not a
recommended configuration.)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
NOTIFY messages that are sent because a zone has been updated
are now given priority above NOTIFY messages that were scheduled
when the server started up. This should mitigate delays in zone
propagation when servers are restarted frequently.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Errors reported when running <command>rndc addzone</command>
(e.g., when a zone file cannot be loaded) have been clarified
to make it easier to diagnose problems.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="relnotes_bugs">
<title>Bug Fixes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<command>dig</command>, <command>host</command> and
<command>nslookup</command> aborted when encountering
a name which, after appending search list elements,
exceeded 255 bytes. Such names are now skipped, but
processing of other names will continue. [RT #36892]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The error message generated when
<command>named-checkzone</command> or
<command>named-checkconf -z</command> encounters a
<option>$TTL</option> directive without a value has
been clarified. [RT #37138]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Semicolon characters (;) included in TXT records were
incorrectly escaped with a backslash when the record was
displayed as text. This is actually only necessary when there
are no quotation marks. [RT #37159]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
When files opened for writing by <command>named</command>,
such as zone journal files, were referenced more than once
in <filename>named.conf</filename>, it could lead to file
corruption as multiple threads wrote to the same file. This
is now detected when loading <filename>named.conf</filename>
and reported as an error. [RT #37172]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<command>dnssec-keygen -S</command> failed to generate successor
keys for some algorithm types (including ECDSA and GOST) due to
a difference in the content of private key files. This has been
corrected. [RT #37183]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
UPDATE messages that arrived too soon after
an <command>rndc thaw</command> could be lost. [RT #37233]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Forwarding of UPDATE messages did not work when they were
signed with SIG(0); they resulted in a BADSIG response code.
[RT #37216]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
When checking for updates to trust anchors listed in
<option>managed-keys</option>, <command>named</command>
now revalidates keys based on the current set of
active trust anchors, without relying on any cached
record of previous validation. [RT #37506]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Large-system tuning
(<command>configure --with-tuning=large</command>) caused
problems on some platforms by setting a socket receive
buffer size that was too large. This is now detected and
corrected at run time.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="relnotes_thanks">
<title>Thank You</title>
<para>
Thank you to everyone who assisted us in making this release possible.
If you would like to contribute to ISC to assist us in continuing to
make quality open source software, please visit our donations page at
<ulink url="http://www.isc.org/donate/"
>http://www.isc.org/donate/</ulink>.
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>