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Copyright (C) Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
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This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
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License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
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file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
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See the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this work for additional
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information regarding copyright ownership.
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Release Notes
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=============
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.. contents::
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Introduction
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------------
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BIND 9.16 is a stable branch of BIND. This document summarizes significant
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changes since the last production release on that branch. Please see the
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file CHANGES for a more detailed list of changes and bug fixes.
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Note on Version Numbering
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-------------------------
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As of BIND 9.13/9.14, BIND has adopted the "odd-unstable/even-stable"
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release numbering convention. BIND 9.16 contains new features that
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were added during the BIND 9.15 development process. Henceforth, the
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9.16 branch will be limited to bug fixes, and new feature development
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will proceed in the unstable 9.17 branch.
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Supported Platforms
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To build on UNIX-like systems, BIND requires support for POSIX.1c threads
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(IEEE Std 1003.1c-1995), the Advanced Sockets API for IPv6
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(:rfc:`3542`), and standard atomic operations provided by the C compiler.
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The libuv asynchronous I/O library and the OpenSSL cryptography library
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must be available for the target platform. A PKCS#11 provider can be used
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instead of OpenSSL for Public Key cryptography (i.e., DNSSEC signing and
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validation), but OpenSSL is still required for general cryptography
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operations such as hashing and random number generation.
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More information can be found in the ``PLATFORMS.md`` file that is included
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in the source distribution of BIND 9. If your compiler and system libraries
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provide the above features, BIND 9 should compile and run. If that isn't
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the case, the BIND development team will generally accept patches that add
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support for systems that are still supported by their respective vendors.
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Download
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--------
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The latest versions of BIND 9 software can always be found at
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https://www.isc.org/download/. There you will find additional
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information about each release, source code, and pre-compiled versions
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for Microsoft Windows operating systems.
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.. include:: ../notes/notes-current.rst
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.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.3.rst
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.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.2.rst
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.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.1.rst
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.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.0.rst
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.. _relnotes_license:
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License
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-------
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BIND 9 is open source software licensed under the terms of the Mozilla
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Public License, version 2.0 (see the ``LICENSE`` file for the full
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text).
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The license requires that if you make changes to BIND and distribute
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them outside your organization, those changes must be published under
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the same license. It does not require that you publish or disclose
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anything other than the changes you have made to our software. This
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requirement does not affect anyone who is using BIND, with or without
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modifications, without redistributing it, nor anyone redistributing BIND
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without changes.
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Those wishing to discuss license compliance may contact ISC at
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https://www.isc.org/contact/.
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End of Life
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The end of life date for BIND 9.16 has not yet been determined. At some
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point in the future, BIND 9.16 will be designated as an Extended Support
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Version (ESV). Until then, the current ESV is BIND 9.11, which will be
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supported until at least December 2021. See
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https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-00896 for details of ISC's software support
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policy.
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Thank You
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---------
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Thank you to everyone who assisted us in making this release possible.
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License
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