Dear Knot Resolver users,
a bugfix release of Knot Resolver 1.2.5 has been released.
This is a packed release that contains fixes to the DNSSEC
validation as well as other improvements and little bugfixes:
Security
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- layer/validate: clear AD if closest encloser proof has opt-outed
NSEC3 (#169)
- layer/validate: check if NSEC3 records in wildcard expansion proof
has an opt-out
- dnssec/nsec: missed wildcard no-data answers validation has been
implemented
Improvements
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- modules/dnstap: a DNSTAP support module
(Contributed by Vicky Shrestha)
- modules/workarounds: a module adding workarounds for known
DNS protocol violators
- layer/iterate: fix logging of glue addresses
- kr_bitcmp: allow bits=0 and consequently 0.0.0.0/0 matches in view
and renumber modules.
- modules/padding: Improve default padding of responses
(Contributed by Daniel Kahn Gillmor)
- New kresc client utility (experimental; don't rely on the API yet)
Bugfixes
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- trust anchors: Improve trust anchors storage format (#167)
- trust anchors: support non-root TAs, one domain per file
- policy.DENY: set AA flag and clear AD flag
- lib/resolve: avoid unnecessary DS queries
- lib/nsrep: don't treat servers with NOIP4 + NOIP6 flags as timeouted
- layer/iterate: During packet classification (answer vs. referral)
don't analyze AUTHORITY section in authoritative answer if ANSWER
section contains records that have been requested
The update from 1.2.4 to 1.2.5 is recommended. The update from 1.1.x
to 1.2.x branch is strongly recommended, the 1.1.x branch is no longer
supported.
Full changelog:
https://gitlab.labs.nic.cz/knot/resolver/raw/v1.2.5/NEWS
Sources:
https://secure.nic.cz/files/knot-resolver/knot-resolver-1.2.5.tar.xz
GPG signature:
https://secure.nic.cz/files/knot-resolver/knot-resolver-1.2.5.tar.xz.asc
Documentation:
http://knot-resolver.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
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Ondřej Surý -- Technical Fellow
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CZ.NIC, z.s.p.o. -- Laboratoře CZ.NIC
Milesovska 5, 130 00 Praha 3, Czech Republic
mailto:ondrej.sury@nic.cz
https://nic.cz/
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