BIND 8.2.3-T5B and Win2kSP1 DNS: What works and what doesn't?

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Mark.Andrews at nominum.com>
> 
> > While we want people to test beta software, it is beta
> > software.  Errors are made occasionally, even in release
> > candidates.  In BIND 8.2.3's case there has been a T6B (and
> > a T7B which was released to smaller group).  These are all
> > beta releases.  T8B will be out sometime soon (don't ask
> > when), it won't be a release candidate as some of the fixes
> > have much bigger effects that normal.  Hopefully T9B will
> > be the next release candidate.
> 
> 
> So are you telling me that T5B is broken with regard to Win2k interaction?

	Actually, you were telling me.  Anyway it is fixed by:

1007.   [bug]           only set STREAM_AXFRIXFR if the original query is
                        an IXFR.


	I got around to performing a byte by byte comparision of the
	answer streams from 8.2.2-P5 and 8.2.3-T5B.
	
> 
> Is there a version with good basic interaction with Win2k (working notify,
> master-slave zone transfers, all the things that appear to be broken with
> Win2k now?).

	Well notifies were broken with all platforms.  Notifies are fixed
	in 8.2.3-T8B.

> 
> Looking at the CHANGES document in 8.2.3-T6B (which is the most current
> version in the FreeBSD source tree), I don't see any particular references
> to Win2k problems either existing or being resolved.
> 
> I guess I'm kind of stuck with the BIND that comes with FreeBSD.  It's
> something of a hassle to override "built in" packages on FreeBSD, especially
> if you try to track STABLE.

Not really if you perform some lateral thinking.

e.g. 
drugs:kk {1462} % grep named /etc/rc.conf
named_enable="YES"
named_program="/usr/local/sbin/named"
named_flags=""
drugs:kk {1463} % 

	/usr/local/sbin/named is a BIND 9 version at the moment, but could
	just as easily be BIND 8 version.
> 
> > Our last full releases for BIND 8 is BIND 8.2.2-P7 and was
> > made last week.
> 
> Maybe it'll get imported into STABLE soon.  I can live with the interaction
> problems if I know what they are.  Right now what's bothering me is I don't
> know if they're all my problems or if there are genuine interaction
> problems.
> 
> 
> 
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