diff --git a/doc/misc/migration b/doc/misc/migration index 78ddf19639..81166b3fc7 100644 --- a/doc/misc/migration +++ b/doc/misc/migration @@ -4,23 +4,23 @@ See COPYRIGHT in the source root or http://isc.org/copyright.html for terms. BIND 4 to BIND 9 Migration Notes To transition from BIND 4 to BIND 9 you first need to convert your -configuration file to the new format. The is conversion tool in -contrib/named-bootconf that allows you to this. +configuration file to the new format. There is a conversion tool in +contrib/named-bootconf that allows you to do this. named-bootconf.sh < /etc/named.boot > /etc/named.conf BIND 9 uses a system assigned port for the UDP queries it makes rather -that port 53 that BIND uses. This may conflict with some firewalls. -The following directives in /etc/named.conf allow allow you to specify +than port 53 that BIND 4 uses. This may conflict with some firewalls. +The following directives in /etc/named.conf allows you to specify a port to use. query-source address * port 53; transfer-source * port 53; notify-source * port 53; -BIND 9 no-longer uses the minimum field to specify the TTL of records -without a explicit TTL. Use $TTL directive to specify a default TTL -before the first record without a explict TTL. +BIND 9 no longer uses the minimum field to specify the TTL of records +without a explicit TTL. Use the $TTL directive to specify a default TTL +before the first record without a explicit TTL. $TTL 3600 @ IN SOA ns1.example.com. hostmaster.example.com. ( @@ -30,21 +30,22 @@ before the first record without a explict TTL. 3600000 7200 ) -BIND 9 does not support multiple CNAMES with the same owner name. +BIND 9 does not support multiple CNAMEs with the same owner name. Illegal: www.example.com. CNAME host1.example.com. www.example.com. CNAME host2.example.com. -BIND 9 does not support "CNAMES with other data" with the same owner name, -ignoring DNSSEC records (SIG, NXT, KEY) that BIND 4 did not support. +BIND 9 does not support "CNAMEs with other data" with the same owner name, +ignoring the DNSSEC records (SIG, NXT, KEY) that BIND 4 did not support. Illegal: www.example.com. CNAME host1.example.com. www.example.com. MX 10 host2.example.com. -BIND 9 is less tolerant of errors in master files so check your logs and -fix any errors reported. +BIND 9 is less tolerant of errors in master files, so check your logs and +fix any errors reported. The named-checkzone program can also be to check +master files. BIND 8 to BIND 9 Migration Notes @@ -255,4 +256,4 @@ directing queries for a given domain to a particular set of name servers. -$Id: migration,v 1.22 2001/02/12 01:55:18 marka Exp $ +$Id: migration,v 1.23 2001/02/12 02:02:06 bwelling Exp $