On 07/05/10 13:57, Chris Thompson wrote: > On Jun 29 2010, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > >> 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? > > Can I echo Matus' questions (especially the first) here? It would be > very helpful for those of us contemplating a move from BIND 9.6 to 9.7 > to know more about this.
+1 Given that (apparently) the issues at hand revolve around standards compliance of some sort I'd like to suggest that the configuration options be: 1. Proceed, but log a warning (default) 2. Ignore completely 3. Don't proceed Doug -- ... and that's just a little bit of history repeating. -- Propellerheads Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/ _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users