>>>>> "pamela" == pamela gupta <pamela_gupta at prusec.com> writes: pamela> How can I disable Bind 8.1 from returning the version number ? You have two options. [1] Hack the code. [2] Upgrade to 8.2.2 and use the version clause in the options{} statement. Both allow you to provide whatever answer you want when someone asks for a chaosnet txt record for version.bind.