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<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
<a name="id-1.2"></a>Release Notes for BIND Version 9.15.1</h2></div></div></div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="relnotes_intro"></a>Introduction</h3></div></div></div>
<p>
BIND 9.15 is an unstable development release of BIND.
This document summarizes new features and functional changes that
have been introduced on this branch. With each development release
leading up to the stable BIND 9.16 release, this document will be
updated with additional features added and bugs fixed.
</p>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="relnotes_versions"></a>Note on Version Numbering</h3></div></div></div>
<p>
Until BIND 9.12, new feature development releases were tagged
as "alpha" and "beta", leading up to the first stable release
for a given development branch, which always ended in ".0".
More recently, BIND adopted the "odd-unstable/even-stable"
release numbering convention. There will be no "alpha" or "beta"
releases in the 9.15 branch, only increasing version numbers.
So, for example, what would previously have been called 9.15.0a1,
9.15.0a2, 9.15.0b1, and so on, will instead be called 9.15.0,
9.15.1, 9.15.2, etc.
</p>
<p>
The first stable release from this development branch will be
renamed as 9.16.0. Thereafter, maintenance releases will continue
on the 9.16 branch, while unstable feature development proceeds in
9.17.
</p>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="relnotes_platforms"></a>Supported Platforms</h3></div></div></div>
<p>
To build on UNIX-like systems, BIND requires support for POSIX.1c
threads (IEEE Std 1003.1c-1995), the Advanced Sockets API for
IPv6 (RFC 3542), and standard atomic operations provided by the
C compiler.
</p>
<p>
The OpenSSL cryptography library must be available for the target
platform. A PKCS#11 provider can be used instead for Public Key
cryptography (i.e., DNSSEC signing and validation), but OpenSSL is
still required for general cryptography operations such as hashing
and random number generation.
</p>
<p>
More information can be found in the <code class="filename">PLATFORMS.md</code>
file that is included in the source distribution of BIND 9. If your
compiler and system libraries provide the above features, BIND 9
should compile and run. If that isn't the case, the BIND
development team will generally accept patches that add support
for systems that are still supported by their respective vendors.
</p>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="relnotes_download"></a>Download</h3></div></div></div>
<p>
The latest versions of BIND 9 software can always be found at
<a class="link" href="http://www.isc.org/downloads/" target="_top">http://www.isc.org/downloads/</a>.
There you will find additional information about each release,
source code, and pre-compiled versions for Microsoft Windows
operating systems.
</p>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="relnotes_security"></a>Security Fixes</h3></div></div></div>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
<p>
In certain configurations, <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> could crash
with an assertion failure if <span class="command"><strong>nxdomain-redirect</strong></span>
was in use and a redirected query resulted in an NXDOMAIN from the
cache. This flaw is disclosed in CVE-2019-6467. [GL #880]
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p>
The TCP client quota set using the <span class="command"><strong>tcp-clients</strong></span>
option could be exceeded in some cases. This could lead to
exhaustion of file descriptors. This flaw is disclosed in
CVE-2018-5743. [GL #615]
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p>
A race condition could trigger an assertion failure when
a large number of incoming packets were being rejected.
This flaw is disclosed in CVE-2019-6471. [GL #942]
</p>
</li>
</ul></div>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="relnotes_features"></a>New Features</h3></div></div></div>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
<p>
In order to clarify the configuration of DNSSEC keys,
the <span class="command"><strong>trusted-keys</strong></span> and
<span class="command"><strong>managed-keys</strong></span> statements have been
deprecated, and the new <span class="command"><strong>dnssec-keys</strong></span>
statement should now be used for both types of key.
</p>
<p>
When used with the keyword <span class="command"><strong>initial-key</strong></span>,
<span class="command"><strong>dnssec-keys</strong></span> has the same behavior as
<span class="command"><strong>managed-keys</strong></span>, i.e., it configures
a trust anchor that is to be maintained via RFC 5011.
</p>
<p>
When used with the new keyword <span class="command"><strong>static-key</strong></span>, it
has the same behavior as <span class="command"><strong>trusted-keys</strong></span>,
configuring a permanent trust anchor that will not automatically
be updated. (This usage is not recommended for the root key.)
[GL #6]
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p>
The new <span class="command"><strong>add-soa</strong></span> option specifies whether
or not the <span class="command"><strong>response-policy</strong></span> zone's SOA record
should be included in the additional section of RPZ responses.
[GL #865]
</p>
</li>
</ul></div>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="relnotes_removed"></a>Removed Features</h3></div></div></div>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
<p>
The <span class="command"><strong>dnssec-enable</strong></span> option has been deprecated and
no longer has any effect. DNSSEC responses are always enabled
if signatures and other DNSSEC data are present. [GL #866]
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p>
The <span class="command"><strong>cleaning-interval</strong></span> option has been
removed. [GL !1731]
</p>
</li>
</ul></div>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="relnotes_changes"></a>Feature Changes</h3></div></div></div>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
<p>
<span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> will now log a warning if
a static key is configured for the root zone, or if
any key is configured for "dlv.isc.org", which has been shut
down. [GL #6]
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p>
When static and managed DNSSEC keys were both configured for the
same name, or when a static key was used to
configure a trust anchor for the root zone and
<span class="command"><strong>dnssec-validation</strong></span> was set to the default
value of <code class="literal">auto</code>, automatic RFC 5011 key
rollovers would be disabled. This combination of settings was
never intended to work, but there was no check for it in the
parser. This has been corrected, and it is now a fatal
configuration error. [GL #868]
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p>
DS and CDS records are now generated with SHA-256 digests
only, instead of both SHA-1 and SHA-256. This affects the
default output of <span class="command"><strong>dnssec-dsfromkey</strong></span>, the
<code class="filename">dsset</code> files generated by
<span class="command"><strong>dnssec-signzone</strong></span>, the DS records added to
a zone by <span class="command"><strong>dnssec-signzone</strong></span> based on
<code class="filename">keyset</code> files, the CDS records added to
a zone by <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> and
<span class="command"><strong>dnssec-signzone</strong></span> based on "sync" timing
parameters in key files, and the checks performed by
<span class="command"><strong>dnssec-checkds</strong></span>.
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p>
JSON-C is now the only supported library for enabling JSON
support for BIND statistics. The <span class="command"><strong>configure</strong></span>
option has been renamed from <span class="command"><strong>--with-libjson</strong></span>
to <span class="command"><strong>--with-json-c</strong></span>. Use
<span class="command"><strong>PKG_CONFIG_PATH</strong></span> to specify a custom path to
the <span class="command"><strong>json-c</strong></span> library as the new
<span class="command"><strong>configure</strong></span> option does not take the library
installation path as an optional argument.
</p>
</li>
</ul></div>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="relnotes_bugs"></a>Bug Fixes</h3></div></div></div>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
<li class="listitem">
<p>
The <span class="command"><strong>allow-update</strong></span> and
<span class="command"><strong>allow-update-forwarding</strong></span> options were
inadvertently treated as configuration errors when used at the
<span class="command"><strong>options</strong></span> or <span class="command"><strong>view</strong></span> level.
This has now been corrected.
[GL #913]
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p>
When <span class="command"><strong>qname-minimization</strong></span> was set to
<span class="command"><strong>relaxed</strong></span>, some improperly configured domains
would fail to resolve, but would have succeeded when minimization
was disabled. <span class="command"><strong>named</strong></span> will now fall back to normal
resolution in such cases, and also uses type A rather than NS for
minimal queries in order to reduce the likelihood of encountering
the problem. [GL #1055]
</p>
</li>
</ul></div>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="relnotes_license"></a>License</h3></div></div></div>
<p>
BIND is open source software licensed under the terms of the Mozilla
Public License, version 2.0 (see the <code class="filename">LICENSE</code>
file for the full text).
</p>
<p>
The license requires that if you make changes to BIND and distribute
them outside your organization, those changes must be published under
the same license. It does not require that you publish or disclose
anything other than the changes you have made to our software. This
requirement does not affect anyone who is using BIND, with or without
modifications, without redistributing it, nor anyone redistributing
BIND without changes.
</p>
<p>
Those wishing to discuss license compliance may contact ISC at
<a class="link" href="https://www.isc.org/mission/contact/" target="_top">
https://www.isc.org/mission/contact/</a>.
</p>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="end_of_life"></a>End of Life</h3></div></div></div>
<p>
BIND 9.15 is an unstable development branch. When its development
is complete, it will be renamed to BIND 9.16, which will be a
stable branch.
</p>
<p>
The end of life date for BIND 9.16 has not yet been determined.
For those needing long term support, the current Extended Support
Version (ESV) is BIND 9.11, which will be supported until at
least December 2021. See
<a class="link" href="https://www.isc.org/downloads/software-support-policy/" target="_top">https://www.isc.org/downloads/software-support-policy/</a>
for details of ISC's software support policy.
</p>
</div>
<div class="section">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
<a name="relnotes_thanks"></a>Thank You</h3></div></div></div>
<p>
Thank you to everyone who assisted us in making this release possible.
If you would like to contribute to ISC to assist us in continuing to
make quality open source software, please visit our donations page at
<a class="link" href="http://www.isc.org/donate/" target="_top">http://www.isc.org/donate/</a>.
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