./net/bind9, Version 9 of the Berkeley Internet Name Daemon, implementation of DNS

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Branch: pkgsrc-2007Q4, Version: 9.4.1pl1nb1, Package name: bind-9.4.1pl1nb1, Maintainer: pkgsrc-users

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

Master sites:

SHA1: c65bfd3d6ff1dd78b678fe350e323bfb6d47fe1b
RMD160: ced75a96098d78a7fdd8cc1d1e3daf2ad142ee9f
Filesize: 6192.782 KB

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