Software Upgrades

Revion.com: Bind/Named servers upgraded

Revion name servers moved to ISC BIND 9.6.1 in 2009, and the DNSSEC, TSIG, IPv6 and protocol enhancements that release brought to hosted DNS zones.

Bind/Named servers upgraded to the latest stable ISC bind 9.6.1
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, DNAME, etc.)
◦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
•Improved Portability Architecture