BIND 9.7.1-P1 planned to address issues in BIND 9.7.0 and 9.7.1

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas]

On 28.06.10 13:31, Larissa Shapiro wrote:
> We have received reports that BIND 9.7.0 and 9.7.1 are failing to
> resolve certain zones. These zones are resolved correctly by earlier
> versions of BIND.
> 
> BIND 9.7.0 and 9.7.1 follows the DNS protocol more strictly than
> earlier versions.  We felt that this change created added safety for
> certain types of responses from potentially misconfigured servers, but
> now believe it is hurting more than helping.
> 
> We are planning a patch release to revert to previous behavior.  We
> hope to get BIND 9.7.1-P1 released to our forum members this week and
> to the public shortly after.  This patch will also include an unrelated
> compatibility fix for responses from some non-BIND servers.

What were those issues?
Will this change be configurable?

> The strictness checking may be added again in a future version, with
> ample notification and any backwards-compatibility support that may
> be required.
> 
> Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns.
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