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Fedora Core 3: 4.0.0-12 Critical Fix for system-config-bind DNS Tool

fedora
Calendar Grey May 5, 2005
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora Core 4 patch resolves bugs in system-config-network, improving network management tools and user experience enhancements.
Updated package.

Summary

The system-config-bind package provides a graphical user interface (GUI) to

configure the Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) Domain Name System (DNS)

server, "named", with a set of python modules.

Users new to BIND configuration can use this tool to quickly set up a working

DNS server.

major advantages over its predecessor,

bindconf / redhat-config-bind / system-config-bind-2.0.x :

o Will actually write named.conf and zone files successfully!

o No longer requires named.custom for constructs it "doesn't understand"

o understands and configures all named.conf and zone database file constructs

o supports all named configuration options

o supports all zone RDATA types

o preserves comments and formatting in existing named.conf and zone db files

o does not require that any bind configuration is installed to start up -

will install initial default configuration if none found

o cannot install configuration files unacceptable to named

o fully supports Access Control List configuration with GUI

o supports generation and configuration of Keys from GUI

o fully supports bind9 Views

o support for basic DNSSEC configuration

o has hosts(5) import facility

o support for configuration of all BIND-9 IPv6 features

o automatic generation of PTR when A/AAAA created, or of A/AAAA when PTR created

o has built-in User Guide and Manual

NOTE: only the English Language version is currently available.

Work on non-English translations is in progress

Fixed bug 156884 .

- fix bug 156884: regenerate system-config-bind.glade for FC-3;

handle named.conf with NO options clause .

* Wed Apr 27 2005 Jason Vas Dias - 4.0.0-10

- Add User Guide & Manual in /usr/share/doc/system-config-bind-4.0.0

* Wed Apr 27 2005 Miloslav Trmac - 4.0.0-9

- Remove dependency on 4Suite (#155113)

* Wed Apr 27 2005 Jeremy Katz - 4.0.0-8

- silence %post

* Mon Apr 4 2005 Jason Vas Dias - 4.0.0-7

- fix bug 153035: gtk.FALSE/TRUE deprecation warnings

* Mon Mar 28 2005 Christopher Aillon

- added .spec file icon cache update

* Tue Mar 8 2005 Jason Vas Dias - 4.0.0-4

- fix bug 150011

- Add DNSsec capabilities.

* Tue Feb 1 2005 Jason Vas Dias - 4.0.0-3

- fix bugs 146475, 146606, 143780

* Fri Dec 17 2004 Jason Vas Dias - 4.0.0-1

- Initial build.

9382f9d3142a9c4a13c3bae57908930f SRPMS/system-config-bind-4.0.0-12.src.rpm

a81a9aab48bf3ff9fe5e5e9b6d468184 x86_64/system-config-bind-4.0.0-12.noarch.rpm

a81a9aab48bf3ff9fe5e5e9b6d468184 i386/system-config-bind-4.0.0-12.noarch.rpm

This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can

launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command.

fedora-announce-list@redhat.com

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Name: system-config-bind
Version: 4.0.0
Release: 12
Summary: The Red Hat BIND DNS Configuration Tool.

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