Maintenance Blog

Dear all,

We have a candidate for the upcoming 1.22 release of Net::DNS, with:

• Rudimentary decode and print for DSO packet
• Bugfix in parsing semicolons

Please review the candidate carefully. If no issues arise, the actual releases will follow Thursday the 13th of February 2020.

Regression test results: https://www.net-dns.org/regression

Dear all,

We are pleased to announce Net::DNS version 1.21.

This release has:

• NSEC’s API updated to resemble NSEC3’s (i.e. the match(), encloser(), nextcloser() and wildcard() methods)
• Added ZONEMD package
• Removed deprecated DLV package
• Bugfix in recursion and background TCP query logic
• A few more warnings for deprecated functions (emitted only once)
• Updated IANA Parameters
• Overall improvements in codebase and test scripts

Regression test results: https://www.net-dns.org/regression

Dear all,

We have a candidate for the upcoming 1.21 release of Net::DNS, with:

• NSEC now has the same API as NSEC3 (i.e. the match, encloser, nextcloser and wildcard methods)
• Added ZONEMD package
• Removed deprecated DLV package
• Bugfix in recursion and background TCP query logic
• Few more warnings for deprecated functions (emitted only once)
• Updated Parameters.pm
• Various improvements

Please review these candidates carefully. If no issues arise, the actual releases will follow Thursday the 29th of August 2019.

Regression test results: https://www.net-dns.org/regression

Dear all,

We are pleased to announce Net::DNS version 1.20

This release has:

• Reworked recursive resolving (initially to deal with a bugfix) and is now easier to understand (and maintain)
• Updated examples that use AAAA instead of A records.
• TSIG MAC representation changed to Base64 (like with dig)
• Updated IANA parameters
• Overall improvements in codebase and test scripts

Regression test results: https://www.net-dns.org/regression

Dear all,

We are pleased to announce the 1.12 release of Net::DNS::SEC.

This release has simplified (and thus more robust) support for the different version of Open & LibreSSL, including a fix for the future OpenSSL 3.0.0.

See also the CHANGES file.

Dear all,

We have a candidate for the upcoming 1.20 release of Net::DNS and the upcoming 1.12 release of Net::DNS::SEC.

The Net::DNS candidate has a single bugfix that addresses correctly caching IP’s for delegations in the Recurse.pm module.

Besides this bugfixes, this release has

• updated examples that use AAAA instead of A records.
• TSIG MAC representation changed to Base64 (like with dig)
• Updated IANA parameters
• Overall improvements in codebase and test scripts

The Net::DNS::SEC candidate contains simplified (and thus more robust) support for the different version of Open & LibreSSL, including a fix for the future OpenSSL 3.0.0.
Current thought is to support latest two LibreSSL releases.

Please review these candidates carefully. If no issues arise, the actual releases will follow Tuesday the 19th of March 2019.

Regression test results: https://www.net-dns.org/regression

Dear all,

We have a new release version 1.19 of Net::DNS

This release two bugfixes:

• A bugfix for search() returning a NODATA packet instead of the documented undef in some situations
• A bugfix to not use global bare file handles when reading the resolver configuration file

This release also contains a new feature to show the structure of EDNS options when printing. For example:

    $packet->edns->print;

    ;; EDNS version 0
    ;;      flags:  8000
    ;;      rcode:  NOERROR
    ;;      size:   1280
    ;;      option: DAU    => ( 8, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16 )
    ;;              DHU    => ( 1, 2, 4 )
    ;;              COOKIE => ( CLIENT-COOKIE => 7261776279746573,
    ;;                          SERVER-COOKIE =>  )

See also the Changes.

Regression test results: https://www.net-dns.org/regression

Dear all,

We have a candidate for the upcoming fasttrack 1.19 release of Net::DNS.

This release two bugfixes:

• A bugfix for search() returning a NODATA packet instead of the documented undef in some situations
• A bugfix to not use global bare file handles when reading the resolver configuration file

This release also contains a new feature to show the structure of EDNS options when printing. For example:

    $packet->edns->print;

    ;; EDNS version 0
    ;;      flags:  8000
    ;;      rcode:  NOERROR
    ;;      size:   1280
    ;;      option: DAU    => ( 8, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16 )
    ;;              DHU    => ( 1, 2, 4 )
    ;;              COOKIE => ( CLIENT-COOKIE => 7261776279746573,
    ;;                          SERVER-COOKIE =>  )

See also the Changes file.

Please review this candidate carefully. If no issues arise, the actual release will follow Wednesday the 14th of November 2018.

Regression test results: https://www.net-dns.org/regression

Dear all,

We have new release version 1.18 of Net::DNS.

This release includes

• Updated root hints, with the new IP address for b.root-servers.net.
• A bugfix for failing Net::DNS::ZoneFile->parse() when an include directory was specified.
• A bugfix for broken resolution when /etc/resolv.conf had an ndots option.
• A change in terminology: A DNS reply is not called “answer” anymore to avoid disambiguate. This change applies to a few function names too:
  • Net::DNS::Packet::from() replaces answerfrom()
  • Net::DNS::Packet::size() replaces answersize()
  • Net::DNS::Resolver::replyfrom() replaces answerfrom().

  The old function names will remain for backwards compatibility.

• Overall improved documentation

See also the Changes file.

Regression test results: https://www.net-dns.org/regression

Dear all,

We have a candidate for the upcoming 1.18 release of Net::DNS.

This release includes

• Updated root hints, with the new IP address for b.root-servers.net.
• A bugfix for failing Net::DNS::ZoneFile->parse() when an include directory was specified.
• A bugfix for broken resolution when /etc/resolv.conf had an ndots option.
• A change in terminology: A DNS reply is not called “answer” anymore to avoid disambiguate. This change applies to a few function names too:
  • Net::DNS::Packet::from() replaces answerfrom()
  • Net::DNS::Packet::size() replaces answersize()
  • Net::DNS::Resolver::replyfrom() replaces answerfrom()

  The old function names will remain for backwards compatibility.

See also the Changes file.

Please review this candidate carefully. If no issues arise, the actual release will follow Friday the 21th of September 2018.

Regression test results: https://www.net-dns.org/regression