1f281902dSchristos.. Copyright (C) Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC") 211ef341cSchristos.. 3f281902dSchristos.. SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0 4f281902dSchristos.. 5f281902dSchristos.. This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public 6f281902dSchristos.. License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this 7f281902dSchristos.. file, you can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. 8f281902dSchristos.. 9f281902dSchristos.. See the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this work for additional 10f281902dSchristos.. information regarding copyright ownership. 1111ef341cSchristos 12734a9f3dSchristos.. _relnotes: 13734a9f3dSchristos 1411ef341cSchristosRelease Notes 1511ef341cSchristos============= 1611ef341cSchristos 1711ef341cSchristos.. contents:: 1811ef341cSchristos 1911ef341cSchristosIntroduction 2011ef341cSchristos------------ 2111ef341cSchristos 22*9689912eSchristosBIND 9.20 is a stable branch, suitable for production use. This 23b711ab94Schristosdocument summarizes significant changes since the last production 24*9689912eSchristosrelease on the 9.18 branch. Please see the :ref:`changelog` file for 25734a9f3dSchristosa more detailed list of changes and bug fixes. 2611ef341cSchristos 2711ef341cSchristosSupported Platforms 2811ef341cSchristos------------------- 2911ef341cSchristos 30f281902dSchristosSee the :ref:`supported_os` section in the :ref:`Requirements` chapter. 3111ef341cSchristos 3211ef341cSchristosDownload 3311ef341cSchristos-------- 3411ef341cSchristos 3511ef341cSchristosThe latest versions of BIND 9 software can always be found at 3611ef341cSchristoshttps://www.isc.org/download/. There you will find additional 378aaca124Schristosinformation about each release, and source code. 3811ef341cSchristos 39*9689912eSchristos.. _relnotes_known_issues: 40*9689912eSchristos 41*9689912eSchristosKnown Issues 42*9689912eSchristos------------ 43*9689912eSchristos 44*9689912eSchristosThe list of known issues affecting the latest version in the 9.20 branch can be 45*9689912eSchristosfound at 46*9689912eSchristoshttps://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9/-/wikis/Known-Issues-in-BIND-9.20 47*9689912eSchristos 48*9689912eSchristos.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.20.4.rst 49*9689912eSchristos.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.20.3.rst 50*9689912eSchristos.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.20.2.rst 51*9689912eSchristos.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.20.1.rst 52*9689912eSchristos.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.20.0.rst 5311ef341cSchristos 5411ef341cSchristos.. _relnotes_license: 5511ef341cSchristos 5611ef341cSchristosLicense 5711ef341cSchristos------- 5811ef341cSchristos 59f281902dSchristosBIND 9 is open source software licensed under the terms of the Mozilla Public 60f281902dSchristosLicense, version 2.0 (see the ``COPYING`` file for the full text). 6111ef341cSchristos 6211ef341cSchristosThose wishing to discuss license compliance may contact ISC at 6311ef341cSchristoshttps://www.isc.org/contact/. 6411ef341cSchristos 6511ef341cSchristosEnd of Life 6611ef341cSchristos----------- 6711ef341cSchristos 68*9689912eSchristosBIND 9.20 is a stable branch, suitable for production use. After it has 69*9689912eSchristosbeen in production use for a while it will be designated as an Extended 70*9689912eSchristosSupport Version (ESV). Until then, the current ESV is BIND 9.18, which 71*9689912eSchristoswill be supported until at least December 2025. See 72*9689912eSchristoshttps://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-00896 for details of ISC's software support 73*9689912eSchristospolicy. 7411ef341cSchristos 7511ef341cSchristosThank You 7611ef341cSchristos--------- 7711ef341cSchristos 7811ef341cSchristosThank you to everyone who assisted us in making this release possible. 79