bind src 1f89eaeed558d0fd817d97ce4c8ff8e2a722b2419e778890001350d63c790dc6 A DNS (Domain Name System) server BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is an implementation of the DNS (domain Name System) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named), which resolves host names to IP addresses, and a resolver library (routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS). A DNS server allows clients to name resources or objects and share the information with other network machines. The named DNS server can be used on workstations as a caching name server, but is generally only needed on one machine for an entire network. Note that the configuration files for making BIND act as a simple caching nameserver are included in the caching-nameserver package. Install the bind package if you need a DNS server for your network. If you want bind to act a caching name server, you will also need to install the caching-nameserver package. Many BIND 8 features previously unimplemented in BIND 9, including domain-specific forwarding, the \$GENERATE master file directive, and the "blackhole", "dialup", and "sortlist" options Forwarding of dynamic update requests; this is enabled by the "allow-update-forwarding" option A new, simplified database interface and a number of sample drivers based on it; see doc/dev/sdb for details Support for building single-threaded servers for environments that do not supply POSIX threads New configuration options: "min-refresh-time", "max-refresh-time", "min-retry-time", "max-retry-time", "additional-from-auth", "additional-from-cache", "notify explicit" Faster lookups, particularly in large zones. bero <bero@lindev.ch> https://www.isc.org/bind/