Maintenance Blog

Dear all,

I am pleased to announce the 1.51 release of Net::DNS.

This release has (besides minor code and documentation improvements), a prototype DELEG package

See also the Changes.

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

Dear all,

We have a candidate for the upcoming 1.51 release of Net::DNS

This candidate has (besides minor code and documentation improvements), a prototype DELEG package

This is a fast-track release, because of the minimal changes, and also to try to make it for the Fedora 43 release

Please review the candidate carefully. If no issues arise, the actual releases will follow Friday the 4th of July 2025.

See also the Changes.

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

Dear all,

I am pleased to announce the 1.50 release of Net::DNS.

This release has

• Code improvements
• Documentation revision and reformatting
• Support for the RESINFO resource record (RFC 9606)
• A bugfix that resolved use of uninitialized value errors while resolving on some systems (NetBSD See RT#158706)
• A fix for resolving on systems that have only IPv6 globally (See RT#158714)

See also the Changes.

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

Dear all,

We have a candidate for the upcoming 1.50 release of Net::DNS.

This candidate has

• Code improvements
• Documentation revision and reformatting
• Support for the RESINFO resource record
• A bugfix that resolved use of uninitialized value errors while resolving on some systems (NetBSD See RT#158706)
• A fix for resolving on systems that have only IPv6 globally (See RT#158714)

Please review the candidate carefully. If no issues arise, the actual releases will follow Friday the 21st of February 2025.

See also the Changes.

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

Dear all,

I am pleased to announce the 1.49 release of Net::DNS.

This release has

• Support for the new DSYNC resource record
• Support for the new ZONEVERSION EDNS(0) option
• A way to make values of SvcParameters more usable in user programs (See RT#157043)
• An API change to align the structures returned by EDNS options with their JSON description (See RT#157195)
• A bugfix to also provide the SOA in the authority section for NODATA responoses from Net::DNS::Nameserver (See RT#157669)
• A fix to gracefully handle TCP connection errors (See RT#157700)

See also the Changes.

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

Dear all,

We have a candidate for the upcoming 1.49 release of Net::DNS.

This candidate has

• Support for the new DSYNC resource record
• Support for the new ZONEVERSION EDNS(0) option
• A way to make values of SvcParameters more usable in user programs (See RT#157043)
• An API change to align the structures returned by EDNS options with their JSON description (See RT#157195)
• A bugfix to also provide the SOA in the authority section for NODATA responoses from Net::DNS::Nameserver (See RT#157669)
• A fix to gracefully handle TCP connection errors (See RT#157700)

Please review the candidate carefully. If no issues arise, the actual releases will follow Friday the 27th of December 2024.

See also the Changes.

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

Dear all,

I am pleased to announce Net::DNS 1.46.

This release has updated IANA DNS Parameters and general code improvements with respect to Packet IDs administration and Resolver class organization.

See also the Changes.

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

Dear all,

I am pleased to announce Net::DNS 1.45.

This release has

• Updated IANA DNS Parameters, DNSSEC Algorithm Numbers and DS Digest Algorithms registry (to include SM, see draft-cuiling-dnsop-sm2-alg)
• Support for EDNS “Compact Answers OK” (CO) flag, part of draft-ietf-dnsop-compact-denial-of-existence and
• A fix for some OS specific portions of Net::DNS::Resolver to not create a $ENV{PATH} key if one didn’t exist (see RT#152756)

See also the Changes.

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

Dear all,

We have a candidate for the upcoming 1.45 release of Net::DNS.

This candidate has

• Updated IANA DNS Parameters, DNSSEC Algorithm Numbers and DS Digest Algorithms registry (to include SM, see draft-cuiling-dnsop-sm2-alg)
• Support for EDNS “Compact Answers OK” (CO) flag, part of draft-ietf-dnsop-compact-denial-of-existence and
• A fix for some OS specific portions of Net::DNS::Resolver to not create a $ENV{PATH} key if one didn’t exist (see RT#152756)

Please review the candidate carefully. If no issues arise, the actual releases will follow Wednesday the 1st of May 2024.

See also the Changes.

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

Dear all,

I am pleased to release Net::DNS 1.43.

This release has

• Updated b.root-servers.net addresses in resolver hints.
• Improved accuracy and completeness of dependency metadata.
• Remaining support for GOST removed
• An update on IPSECKEY where the gateway is left undefined for gatetype 0
• Updated work on the fix for the hang on persistent TCP connections in Windows (see RT#150695)
• A fix for Net::DNS::Resolver::Recurse to prevent deep recursion on upward referrals (see RT#151074)
• A fix for Net::DNS::Resolver::Recurse to use all NS records from referrals, even if they did not have glue addresses (see RT#151075)
• And a few more last minute fixes (see Changes for the details).

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