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1.. Copyright (C) Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC") 2.. 3.. SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0 4.. 5.. This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public 6.. License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this 7.. file, you can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. 8.. 9.. See the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this work for additional 10.. information regarding copyright ownership. 11 12Release Notes 13============= 14 15.. contents:: 16 17Introduction 18------------ 19 20BIND 9.16 (Extended Support Version) is a stable branch of BIND. This 21document summarizes significant changes since the last production 22release on that branch. Please see the CHANGES file for a more detailed 23list of changes and bug fixes. 24 25Note on Version Numbering 26------------------------- 27 28As of BIND 9.13/9.14, BIND has adopted the "odd-unstable/even-stable" 29release numbering convention. BIND 9.16 contains new features that were 30added during the BIND 9.15 development process. Henceforth, the 9.16 31branch will be limited to bug fixes, and new feature development will 32proceed in the unstable 9.17 branch. 33 34Supported Platforms 35------------------- 36 37See the :ref:`supported_os` section in the :ref:`Requirements` chapter. 38 39Download 40-------- 41 42The latest versions of BIND 9 software can always be found at 43https://www.isc.org/download/. There you will find additional 44information about each release, source code, and pre-compiled versions 45for Microsoft Windows operating systems. 46 47.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.33.rst 48.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.32.rst 49.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.31.rst 50.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.30.rst 51.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.29.rst 52.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.28.rst 53.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.27.rst 54.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.26.rst 55.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.25.rst 56.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.24.rst 57.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.23.rst 58.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.22.rst 59.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.21.rst 60.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.20.rst 61.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.19.rst 62.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.18.rst 63.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.17.rst 64.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.16.rst 65.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.15.rst 66.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.14.rst 67.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.13.rst 68.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.12.rst 69.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.11.rst 70.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.10.rst 71.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.9.rst 72.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.8.rst 73.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.7.rst 74.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.6.rst 75.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.5.rst 76.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.4.rst 77.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.3.rst 78.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.2.rst 79.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.1.rst 80.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.16.0.rst 81 82.. _relnotes_license: 83 84License 85------- 86 87BIND 9 is open source software licensed under the terms of the Mozilla Public 88License, version 2.0 (see the ``COPYING`` file for the full text). 89 90Those wishing to discuss license compliance may contact ISC at 91https://www.isc.org/contact/. 92 93End of Life 94----------- 95 96BIND 9.16 (Extended Support Version) will be supported until at least 97December, 2023. See https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-00896 for details of 98ISC's software support policy. 99 100Thank You 101--------- 102 103Thank you to everyone who assisted us in making this release possible. 104