Concise Guide to DNS and BIND, The

Converting from BIND 4.9.x

BIND 4.9.x configuration files can be converted to the new format by using src/bin/named/ named-bootconf, a shell script that is part of the BIND 8.2.x source kit.

Documentation Definitions

Described in the following list are elements used throughout the BIND configuration file documentation. Elements which are only associated with one statement are described only in the section describing that statement:

acl_name	The name of an address_match_list as defined by the acl statement.
address_match_list	A list of one or more ip_addr, ip_prefix, key_id, or acl_name elements, as described in the ADDRESS MATCH LISTS section.
dotted-decimal	One or more integers valued 0 through 255 separated only by dots (.), such as 123, 45.67, ...