RFC compliance levels of different DNS versions

[Mr. James W. Laferriere]

	Hello Jim ,  Is there somplace that iterates which RFC's
	that the bind-'pick your favorite version' s do comply
	with ?  JimL

On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Jim Reid wrote:

> >>>>> "Robin" == Robin  <robinsmith30 at freeneasy.net> writes:
>
>     Robin> I am trying to find a table showing a list of DNS
>     Robin> implementations (e.g. BIND version 4.9.4, BIND 8.2, BIND
>     Robin> 9.1 etc, QIP v 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, etc., Windows NT4, Windows
>     Robin> 2000, ) and which specific DNS RFCs they support.
>
>     Robin> Can anyone recommend any places to look?
>
> There's probably no one place that has this information, so you'll have
> to ask each vendor/implementor what their products support.
>
> FYI, BIND9 supports all the current DNS RFCs. So does 8.2.3 except for
> the new stuff for IPv6: DNAME and A6 records, binary labels. You
> should not care about other BIND versions because they are dead. QIP
> is not a DNS implementation. It's really BIND extended with a flashy
> GUI and a database back-end. This is also true of other enterprise DNS
> solutions.
>

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