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- BIND, the Berkeley Internet Name Daemon, version 9 is a major
-rewrite of nearly all aspects of the underlying BIND architecture. Some
+BIND, the Berkeley Internet Name Daemon, 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 (A6, DNAME, etc.)
Bitstring Labels
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 to different clients.
+
- Multiprocessor Support
- Improved Portability Architecture