The "dig" and "host" tools have been completely rewritten and
are included in the base distribution. Fixed: Most bugs reported
against beta 2. Added: The server now supports "views", a
mechanism for answering DNS queries differently to different
requestors. This will make split DNS setups much easier to build;
NOTIFY (RFC1996) has been implemented; Basic support for validation
of DNSSEC signatures has been implemented (for details, see
"doc/misc/dnssec").
Many more config file options
implemented (see doc/misc/options for a
summary of the current implementation
status), portability improvements, (works
much better than beta 1 on FreeBSD 3.4),
and bugfixes (almost all bugs reported
against beta 1 have been fixed).
be most useful to advanced users working with IPv6 or DNSSEC.
BIND 9.0.0b1 is not functionally complete, and is not a release
candidate for BIND 9.0.0. The ISC anticipates a number of additional
beta releases between now and May, when BIND 9.0.0 is scheduled to
be released.
The ISC does not recommend using BIND 9.0.0b1 for "production"
services.
