
                         Bind 8.2.4 for OS/2
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History

        - July 30 2001
          Second release of Bind 8.2.4 for OS/2 (Bind824.zip).

        - June 02 2001
          First release of Bind 8.2.4 for OS/2 (Bind824.zip).

        - May 21 2001
          Patch for Bind 8.2.3 for OS/2 (Bind823fix.zip).

        - April 04 2001
          First release of Bind 8.2.3 for OS/2 (Bind823.zip).


About Bind 8.2.4 for OS/2 (Second release)

        - Now, named.exe requires xferldr.exe to work properly with named-xfer.exe.
          Note: xferldr.exe MUST be in your %PATH% directory.

        - Named.exe will try to use %ETC%\named.conf file if it is run with no arguments.

        - Fixed problems with unsuccessful AXFR transactions.

        - IXFR transactions were broken in the first release of Bind 8.2.4 for OS/2.

        - Removed the "OS/2-XFER Success" message and replaced by "[OS/2] XFER Success"
          message. The stupid string "OS/2-XFER Success" was defined in the first release
          of Bind 8.2.4 for OS/2 to inform the user that named-xfer.exe was successfully
          called. However, it didn't mean that a successfully zone transfer was done.
          Now, The message "[OS/2] XFER Success" tells the user that a sucessful AXFER
          was done.

        - Domain names using TSIG signatures were broken in the first release of Bind
          8.2.4 for OS/2. (See "About TSIG signatures").

        - Now, Named.exe uses the SQUID's select() function (suggestion made by Nick
          <nickk@mail.ru>). If you have problems with named.exe and YOU ARE SURE that
          these problems come due to the use of SQUID's select() function, use the
          file NAMED.PAT to revert named.exe to the original EMX's select() function.


About TSIG signatures

        - The IBM OS/2 DNS server that comes with WSeB uses a TSIG key not fully
          supported by BIND. To avoid sending this key, edit your configuration files
          and change the option "KeytoSec" from "yes" to "no".

        - When using TSIG signatures, be sure that master/slave servers time match
          among them.


Known bugs

        - Ndc.exe does not call named.exe in windowed session on some systems.

        - Some users have reported that a message like "setsockopt(dfd=5, SO_SNDBUF,
          49152): No buffer space available" may appear when Bind 8.2.4 for OS/2 is
          running over IBM OS/2 TCPIP v4.0 stack. For now, don't worry about that.




Antonio Sanmarti <warper@ansaro.com>
July 30 2001


