On FreeBSD 10.0, all configuration is installed under
/usr/local/etc/namedb and installs its own rc script in
$PREFIX, which no longer support chroot installations.
LINKS and REPLACE_BASE options are not supported on 10.0
for obvious reasons.
Note for FreeBSD 9.x and earlier users, LINKS is no longer
the default option, though still supported.
An UPDATING entry will follow after bind96 and bind99 are fixed
as well.
with DNS64. Once 9.8.0 is released officially the -devel tag will be
removed.
BIND version 9 is a major rewrite of nearly all aspects of the underlying BIND
architecture. Some of the important features of BIND 9 are:
DNS Security: DNSSEC (signed zones), TSIG (signed DNS requests)
IP version 6: Answers DNS queries on IPv6 sockets, IPv6 resource records (AAAA)
Experimental IPv6 Resolver Library
DNS Protocol Enhancements: IXFR, DDNS, Notify, EDNS0
Improved standards conformance
Views: One server process can provide multiple "views" of the DNS namespace,
e.g. an "inside" view to certain clients, and an "outside" view to others.
Multiprocessor Support
BIND 9.8 includes a number of changes from BIND 9.7 and earlier releases,
including:
Preliminary DNS64 support (AAAA synthesis only initially)
See the CHANGES file for more information on features.
WWW: https://www.isc.org/software/bind
