>Package naming is always difficult. Naming things is hard, as they say. It >just so happens that 9.18 has the ESV label at the moment. But, as you >read, 9.18 has nearly had its day, 9.22 is suspended for now and so 9,20 will >be maintained for a while. Therefore 9.20 is the best choice right now. >Not only because it is current but also because it is the focus for >vulnerability fixes. Please follow the KB instructions and install the latest >9.20.
I followed your suggestion and I upgraded bind to.9.20.23 Stable version Il giorno gio 28 mag 2026 alle ore 10:24 Greg Choules <[email protected]> ha scritto: > > Package naming is always difficult. Naming things is hard, as they say. It > just so happens that 9.18 has the ESV label at the moment. But, as you read, > 9.18 has nearly had its day, 9.22 is suspended for now and so 9,20 will be > maintained for a while. Therefore 9.20 is the best choice right now. Not only > because it is current but also because it is the focus for vulnerability > fixes. Please follow the KB instructions and install the latest 9.20. > > As a side note, people will not stop trying to help - depending on the issue > - however old is your BIND version; if, for instance; you wanted to know more > about a specific statement. But if issues look security-related, the initial > advice will always be to upgrade to the latest release first and see if the > problem still exists. > > Cheers, Greg > > On Thu, 28 May 2026 at 08:42, Renzo Marengo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >This explains how to obtain ISC official packages >> >https://kb.isc.org/docs/isc-packages-for-bind-9#open-source-packages >> >You should consider 9.20 because of this: >> >https://www.isc.org/blogs/2026-05-12-bind-security-updates/ >> >> So you suggest to migrate from ESV-BIND to BIND (rpm 9.20.23) ? >> I chose ESV bind because it has life cycle longer than stable bind >> Link, which you indicated, says It will end maintenance for 9.18 and >> 9.18-S at the end of June 2026 and efforts will be fixed efforts on >> vulnerabilities in the 9.20 and 9.21 branches. >> Do you know when 9.20 rpm esv-bind will be available ? >> >> Il giorno gio 28 mag 2026 alle ore 08:58 Greg Choules >> <[email protected]> ha scritto: >> > >> > As I said, 9.11.4 is so very old, many changes have happened since then so >> > please don't get hung up on two files. >> > >> > This explains how to obtain ISC official packages >> > https://kb.isc.org/docs/isc-packages-for-bind-9#open-source-packages >> > You should consider 9.20 because of this: >> > https://www.isc.org/blogs/2026-05-12-bind-security-updates/ >> > >> > I hope that helps. >> > >> > On Thu, 28 May 2026 at 07:43, Renzo Marengo <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> I'm using "ESV" Bind version, the rpm package dedicated for >> >> RHEL-compatible doesn't contains these 2 files and someone says >> >> depends on packaging worker of repository. >> >> Why should I use 9.20.23 version ? >> >> >> >> >> >> Il giorno gio 28 mag 2026 alle ore 08:08 Greg Choules >> >> <[email protected]> ha scritto: >> >> > >> >> > Hello Renzo. >> >> > >> >> > There have been so many changes since 9.11.4 I would suggest that you >> >> > don't get hung up on a couple of files. If you are installing 9.18.49 >> >> > as a package, it will contain everything it needs. >> >> > I would recommend that, if you are planning a jump from 9.11 anyway, >> >> > that you consider 9.20.23 rather than 9.19.49. >> >> > >> >> > Regards, Greg >> >> > >> >> > On Thu, 28 May 2026 at 07:00, Renzo Marengo <[email protected]> >> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> in Alma Linux 9 I have decide to migrate to latest ISC-Bind (rpm >> >> >> package) which is 9.18.49 version (Copr/Epel 9 repository) >> >> >> Previous bind 9.11.4 contains these 'include' entries: >> >> >> >> >> >> named.rfc1912.zones >> >> >> named.root.key >> >> >> >> >> >> These files don't exist inside isc-bind rpm packages >> >> >> I think the former is about default zones (e.g. localhost) the latter >> >> >> is about dnssec keys. >> >> >> >> >> >> I'd like using standard files according to isc-bind documents. >> >> >> How should I proceed ? >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> Visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe >> >> >> from this list. -- Visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list.
