ISC BIND 9.7.0a1 is now available

Evan Hunt each at isc.org
Wed Jun 24 00:37:41 UTC 2009


                     BIND 9.7.0a1 is now available.

        BIND 9.7.0a1 is the FIRST ALPHA release of BIND 9.7.0.

Overview:

    This is a technology preview of new functionality to be
    included in BIND 9.7.0.  Not all new functionality is in
    place.  APIs and configuration syntax are not yet frozen.

    BIND 9.7 includes a number of changes from BIND 9.6 and earlier
    releases.  Most are intended to simplify DNSSEC configuration.

    New features include:

        - Simplified configuration of DNSSEC Lookaside Validation (DLV).
        - Simplified configuration of Dynamic DNS, using the
          "ddns-confgen" command line tool or the "ddns-autoconf"
          zone option.  (As a side effect, this also makes it
          easier to configure automatic zone re-signing.)
        - New named option "attach-cache" that allows multiple views
          to share a single cache.
        - New logging category "query-errors" to provide detailed
          internal information about query failures, especially
          about server failures.
        - DNS rebinding attack prevention.
        - New default values for dnssec-keygen parameters.

    Additional features planned but not included in this alpha release:

        - Support for RFC 5011 (automated trust anchor maintenance)
        - Simplified tools for zone signing and key maintenance
        - Fully automatic signing of zones

BIND 9.7.0a1 can be downloaded from:

        ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.7.0a1/bind-9.7.0a1.tar.gz

The PGP signature of the distribution is at:

        ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.7.0a1/bind-9.7.0a1.tar.gz.asc
        ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.7.0a1/bind-9.7.0a1.tar.gz.sha256.asc
        ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.7.0a1/bind-9.7.0a1.tar.gz.sha512.asc

The signature was generated with the ISC public key, which is
available at <https://www.isc.org/files/pgpkey2009.txt>.

A binary kit for Windows XP, Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 is at:

	ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.7.0a1/BIND9.7.0a1.zip
	ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.7.0a1/BIND9.7.0a1.debug.zip

The PGP signature of the binary kit is at:
        
	ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.7.0a1/BIND9.7.0a1.zip.asc
	ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.7.0a1/BIND9.7.0a1.zip.sha256.asc
	ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.7.0a1/BIND9.7.0a1.zip.sha512.asc
	ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.7.0a1/BIND9.7.0a1.debug.zip.asc
	ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.7.0a1/BIND9.7.0a1.debug.zip.sha256.asc
	ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.7.0a1/BIND9.7.0a1.debug.zip.sha512.asc

Changes since 9.6.0:

2612.	[func]		Add default values for the arguments to
			dnssec-keygen.  Without arguments, it will now
			generate a 1024-bit RSASHA1 zone-signing key,
			or with the -f KSK option, a 2048-bit RSASHA1
			key-signing key. [RT #19300]

2611.	[func]		Add -l option to dnssec-dsfromkey to generate 
			DLV records instead of DS records. [RT #19300]

2610.	[port]		sunos: Change #2363 was not complete. [RT #19796]

2609.	[func]		Simplify the configuration of dynamic zones:
			- add ddns-confgen command to generate
			  configuration text for named.conf
			- add zone option "ddns-autoconf yes;", which
			  causes named to generate a TSIG session key
			  and allow updates to the zone using that key
			- add '-l' (localhost) option to nsupdate, which
			  causes nsupdate to connect to a locally-running
			  named process using the session key generated
			  by named
			[RT #19284]
			
2608.	[func]		Perform post signing verification checks in
			dnssec-signzone.  These can be disabled with -P.

			The post sign verification test ensures that for each
			algorithm in use there is at least one non revoked
			self signed KSK key.  That all revoked KSK keys are
			self signed.  That all records in the zone are signed
			by the algorithm.  [RT #19653]

2607.	[bug]		named could incorrectly delete NSEC3 records for
			empty nodes when processing a update request.
			[RT #19749]

2606.	[bug]		"delegation-only" was not being accepted in
			delegation-only type zones. [RT #19717]

2605.	[bug]		Accept DS responses from delegation only zones.
			[RT # 19296]

2604.	[func]		Add support for DNS rebinding attack prevention through
			new options, deny-answer-addresses and
			deny-answer-aliases.  Based on contributed code from
			JD Nurmi, Google. [RT #18192]

2603.	[port]		win32: handle .exe extension of named-checkzone and
			named-comilezone argv[0] names under windows.
			[RT #19767]

2602.	[port]		win32: fix debugging command line build of libisccfg.
			[RT #19767]

2601.	[doc]		Mention file creation mode mask in the
			named manual page.

2600.	[doc]		ARM: miscellaneous reformatting for different
			page widths. [RT #19574]

2599.	[bug]		Address rapid memory growth when validation fails.
			[RT #19654]

2598.	[func]		Reserve the -F flag. [RT #19657]

2597.	[bug]		Handle a validation failure with a insecure delegation
			from a NSEC3 signed master/slave zone.  [RT #19464]

2596.	[bug]		Stale tree nodes of cache/dynamic rbtdb could stay
			long, leading to inefficient memory usage or rejecting
			newer cache entries in the worst case. [RT #19563]

2595.	[bug]		Fix unknown extended rcodes in dig. [RT #19625]

2594.	[func]		Have rndc warn if using its default configuration
			file when the key file also exists. [RT #19424]

2593.	[bug]		Improve a corner source of SERVFAILs [RT #19632]

2592.	[bug]		Treat "any" as a type in nsupdate. [RT #19455]

2591.	[bug]		named could die when processing a update in
			removed_orphaned_ds(). [RT #19507]

2590.	[func]		Report zone/class of "update with no effect".
			[RT #19542]

2589.	[bug]		dns_db_unregister() failed to clear '*dbimp'.
		        [RT #19626]

2588.	[bug]		SO_REUSEADDR could be set unconditionally after failure
			of bind(2) call.  This should be rare and mostly
			harmless, but may cause interference with other
			processes that happen to use the same port. [RT #19642]

2587.	[func]		Improve logging by reporting serial numbers for
			when zone serial has gone backwards or unchanged.
			[RT #19506]

2586.	[bug]		Missing cleanup of SIG rdataset in searching a DLZ DB
			or SDB. [RT #19577]

2585.	[bug]		Uninitialized socket name could be referenced via a
			statistics channel, triggering an assertion failure in
			XML rendering. [RT #19427]

2584.	[bug]		alpha: gcc optimization could break atomic operations.
			[RT #19227]

2583.	[port]		netbsd: provide a control to not add the compile
			date to the version string, -DNO_VERSION_DATE.

2582.	[bug]		Don't emit warning log message when we attempt to
			remove non-existant journal. [RT #19516]

2581.	[contrib]	dlz/mysql set MYSQL_OPT_RECONNECT option on connection.
			Requires MySQL 5.0.19 or later. [RT #19084]

2580.	[bug]		UpdateRej statistics counter could be incremented twice
			for one rejection. [RT #19476]

2579.	[bug]		DNSSEC lookaside validation failed to handle unknown
			algorithms. [RT #19479]

2578.	[bug]		Changed default sig-signing-type to 65534, because
			65535 turns out to be reserved.  [RT #19477]

2577.	[doc]		Clarified some statistics counters. [RT #19454]

2576.	[bug]		NSEC record were not being correctly signed when
			a zone transitions from insecure to secure.
			Handle such incorrectly signed zones. [RT #19114]

2575.	[func]		New functions dns_name_fromstring() and
			dns_name_tostring(), to simplify conversion
			of a string to a dns_name structure and vice
			versa. [RT #19451]

2574.	[doc]		Document nsupdate -g and -o. [RT #19351]

2573.	[bug]		Replacing a non-CNAME record with a CNAME record in a
			single transaction in a signed zone failed. [RT #19397]

2572.	[func]		Simplify DLV configuration, with a new option
			"dnssec-lookaside auto;"  This is the equivalent
			of "dnssec-lookaside . trust-anchor dlv.isc.org;"
			plus setting a trusted-key for dlv.isc.org.

			Note: The trusted key is hard-coded into named,
			but is also stored in (and can be overridden
			by) $sysconfdir/bind.keys.  As the ISC DLV key
			rolls over it can be kept up to date by replacing
			the bind.keys file with a key downloaded from
			https://www.isc.org/solutions/dlv. [RT #18685]

2571.	[func]		Add a new tool "arpaname" which translates IP addresses
			to the corresponding IN-ADDR.ARPA or IP6.ARPA name.
			[RT #18976]

2570.	[func]		Log the destination address the query was sent to.
			[RT #19209]

2569.	[func]		Move journalprint, nsec3hash, and genrandom
			commands from bin/tests into bin/tools; 
			"make install" will put them in $sbindir. [RT #19301]

2568.	[bug]		Report when the write to indicate a otherwise
			successful start fails. [RT #19360]

2567.	[bug]		dst__privstruct_writefile() could miss write errors.
			write_public_key() could miss write errors.
			dnssec-dsfromkey could miss write errors.
			[RT #19360]

2566.	[cleanup]	Clarify logged message when an insecure DNSSEC
			response arrives from a zone thought to be secure:
			"insecurity proof failed" instead of "not
			insecure". [RT #19400]

2565.	[func]		Add support for HIP record.  Includes new functions
			dns_rdata_hip_first(), dns_rdata_hip_next()
			and dns_rdata_hip_current().  [RT #19384]

2564.	[bug]		Only take EDNS fallback steps when processing timeouts.
			[RT #19405]

2563.	[bug]		Dig could leak a socket causing it to wait forever
			to exit. [RT #19359]

2562.	[doc]		ARM: miscellaneous improvements, reorganization,
			and some new content.

2561.	[doc]		Add isc-config.sh(1) man page. [RT #16378]

2560.	[bug]		Add #include <config.h> to iptable.c. [RT #18258]

2559.	[bug]		dnssec-dsfromkey could compute bad DS records when
			reading from a K* files.  [RT #19357]

2558.	[func]		Set the ownership of missing directories created
			for pid-file if -u has been specified on the command
			line. [RT #19328]

2557.	[cleanup]	PCI compliance:
			* new libisc log module file
			* isc_dir_chroot() now also changes the working
			  directory to "/".
			* additional INSISTs
			* additional logging when files can't be removed.

2556.	[port]		Solaris: mkdir(2) on tmpfs filesystems does not do the
			error checks in the correct order resulting in the
			wrong error code sometimes being returned. [RT #19249]
			
2555.	[func]		dig: when emitting a hex dump also display the
			corresponding characters. [RT #19258]

2554.	[bug]		Validation of uppercase queries from NSEC3 zones could
			fail. [RT #19297]

2553.	[bug]		Reference leak on DNSSEC validation errors. [RT #19291]

2552.	[bug]		zero-no-soa-ttl-cache was not being honoured.
			[RT #19340]

2551.	[bug]		Potential Reference leak on return. [RT #19341]

2550.	[bug]		Check --with-openssl=<path> finds <openssl/opensslv.h>.
			[RT #19343]

2549.	[port]		linux: define NR_OPEN if not currently defined.
			[RT #19344]

2548.	[bug]		Install iterated_hash.h. [RT #19335]

2547.	[bug]		openssl_link.c:mem_realloc() could reference an
			out-of-range area of the source buffer.  New public
			function isc_mem_reallocate() was introduced to address
			this bug. [RT #19313]

2546.	[func]		Add --enable-openssl-hash configure flag to use
			OpenSSL (in place of internal routine) for hash
			functions (MD5, SHA[12] and HMAC). [RT #18815]

2545.	[doc]		ARM: Legal hostname checking (check-names) is
			for SRV RDATA too. [RT #19304]

2544.	[cleanup]	Removed unused structure members in adb.c. [RT #19225]

2543.	[contrib]	Update contrib/zkt to version 0.98. [RT #19113]

2542.	[doc]		Update the description of dig +adflag. [RT #19290]

2541.	[bug]		Conditionally update dispatch manager statistics.
			[RT #19247]

2540.	[func]		Add a nibble mode to $GENERATE. [RT #18872]

2539.	[security]	Update the interaction between recursion, allow-query,
			allow-query-cache and allow-recursion.  [RT #19198]

2538.	[bug]		cache/ADB memory could grow over max-cache-size,
			especially with threads and smaller max-cache-size
			values. [RT #19240]

2537.	[func]		Added more statistics counters including those on socket
			I/O events and query RTT histograms. [RT #18802]

2536.	[cleanup]	Silence some warnings when -Werror=format-security is
			specified. [RT #19083]

2535.	[bug]		dig +showsearch and +trace interacted badly. [RT #19091]

2534.	[func]		Check NAPTR records regular expressions and
			replacement strings to ensure they are syntactically
			valid and consistant. [RT #18168]

2533.	[doc]		ARM: document @ (at-sign). [RT #17144]

2532.	[bug]		dig: check the question section of the response to
			see if it matches the asked question. [RT #18495]

2531.	[bug]		Change #2207 was incomplete. [RT #19098]

2530.	[bug]		named failed to reject insecure to secure transitions
			via UPDATE. [RT #19101]

2529.	[cleanup]	Upgrade libtool to silence complaints from recent
			version of autoconf. [RT #18657]

2528.   [cleanup]       Silence spurious configure warning about
                        --datarootdir [RT #19096]

2527.	[placeholder]

2526.	[func]		New named option "attach-cache" that allows multiple
			views to share a single cache to save memory and
			improve lookup efficiency.  Based on contributed code
			from Barclay Osborn, Google. [RT #18905]

2525.	[func]		New logging category "query-errors" to provide detailed
			internal information about query failures, especially
			about server failures. [RT #19027]

2524.	[port]		sunos: dnssec-signzone needs strtoul(). [RT #19129]

2523.	[bug]		Random type rdata freed by dns_nsec_typepresent().
			[RT #19112]

2522.	[security]	Handle -1 from DSA_do_verify() and EVP_VerifyFinal().

2521.	[bug]		Improve epoll cross compilation support. [RT #19047]

2520.	[bug]		Update xml statistics version number to 2.0 as change
			#2388 made the schema incompatible to the previous
			version. [RT #19080]

2519.	[bug]		dig/host with -4 or -6 didn't work if more than two
			nameserver addresses of the excluded address family
			preceded in resolv.conf. [RT #19081]

2518.	[func]		Add support for the new CERT types from RFC 4398.
			[RT #19077]

2517.	[bug]		dig +trace with -4 or -6 failed when it chose a
			nameserver address of the excluded address.
			[RT #18843]

2516.	[bug]		glue sort for responses was performed even when not
			needed. [RT #19039]

2515.	[port]		win32: build dnssec-dsfromkey and dnssec-keyfromlabel.
			[RT #19063]

2514.	[bug]		dig/host failed with -4 or -6 when resolv.conf contains
			a nameserver of the excluded address family.
			[RT #18848]

2513.	[bug]		Fix windows cli build. [RT #19062]

2512.	[func]		Print a summary of the cached records which make up
			the negative response.  [RT #18885]

2511.	[cleanup]	dns_rdata_tofmttext() add const to linebreak.
			[RT #18885]

2510.	[bug]		"dig +sigchase" could trigger REQUIRE failures.
			[RT #19033]

2509.	[bug]		Specifying a fixed query source port was broken.
			[RT #19051]

2508.	[placeholder]

2507.	[func]		Log the recursion quota values when killing the
			oldest query or refusing to recurse due to quota.
			[RT #19022]

2506.	[port]		solaris: Check at configure time if 
			hack_shutup_pthreadonceinit is needed. [RT #19037]

2505.	[port]		Treat amd64 similarly to x86_64 when determining
			atomic operation support. [RT #19031]

2504.	[bug]		Address race condition in the socket code. [RT #18899]

2503.	[port]		linux: improve compatibility with Linux Standard
			Base. [RT #18793]

2502.	[cleanup]	isc_radix: Improve compliance with coding style,
			document function in <isc/radix.h>. [RT #18534]

2501.	[func]		$GENERATE now supports all rdata types.  Multi-field
			rdata types need to be quoted.  See the ARM for
			details. [RT #18368]

2500.	[contrib]	contrib/sdb/pgsql/zonetodb.c called non-existent
			function. [RT #18582]

2499.	[port]		solaris: lib/lwres/getaddrinfo.c namespace clash.
			[RT #18837]

-- 
Evan Hunt -- each at isc.org
Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.



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