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