Why Use BIND 9?
At some point in the future, the ISC will make BIND 9 the Recommended Version of BIND and stop making bug fix releases of BIND 8. One reason to set up and use BIND 9 on at least one machine is to prepare for that time. Already knowing everything about what it takes to convert your nameservers from BIND 8 to BIND 9 will make the job that much easier, and would make it possible to do quickly if needed by security or other requirements.
The only other reason for using BIND 9 now is that you need some of the functionality present in BIND 9. IPv6 has been cited by some early adopters, and DNSSEC/TSIG on zone transfers is another thing some people like. Other key features is the new view feature (see the following), which makes split ...
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