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
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