maradns-2.0.09:

This is the stable release of MaraDNS.

Deadwood updated to 3.2.05
Startup scripts are now chkconfig-compatible
(2014.02.12)

maradns-2.0.08:

This is the stable release of MaraDNS.

Deadwood updated to 3.2.04
Make DNS packet compression case-insensitive
Attach IPv6 glue to NS and MX records when MaraDNS is compiled for IPv6
Remove warning when MaraDNS is compiled for IPv6
Remove warning when compiling getzone.c
(2014.01.14)

maradns-2.0.07d:

This is the stable release of MaraDNS.

Deadwood updated to 3.2.03d to patch security hole discussed at samiam.org/blog/20131202.html
(2013.12.02)

maradns-1.4.13:

This is the legacy branch of MaraDNS. Please upgrade to MaraDNS 2.

Deadwood updated to 3.2.03d to patch security hole discussed at samiam.org/blog/20131202.html
(2013.12.02)

maradns-2.0.07c:

This is the stable release of MaraDNS.

Seven-line fix to Deadwood to fix resolution problem; more details in blog
(2013.07.20; declared stable 2013.09.20)

maradns-2.0.07b:

This is the stable release of MaraDNS.

One-line fix to Deadwood to fix resolution problem
(2013.04.23; declared stable 2013.06.22)

maradns-2.0.07:

This is the stable release of MaraDNS.

MaraDNS updated for CentOS 6
Deadwood updated to 3.2.03
GPG key updated
Installs and tests pass in new CentOS install
(2013.01.20)

maradns-1.4.12:

This is the legacy branch of MaraDNS. Please upgrade to MaraDNS 2.

Maximum TTL now one day to eliminate ghost domain-style attacks.
(2012.03.17)

maradns-1.3.07.15:

This is the obsolete branch of MaraDNS.

Maximum TTL now one day to eliminate ghost domain-style attacks.
(2012.03.17)

maradns-2.0.06:

This is a stable release of MaraDNS.

Deadwood updated to 3.2.02
(2012.03.11)

maradns-1.4.11:

This is the legacy branch of MaraDNS. Please upgrade to MaraDNS 2.

Deadwood updated to 3.2.02
(2012.03.11)

maradns-2.0.05:

This is a stable release of MaraDNS.

Security bugfix for CVE-2011-5056
Deadwood updated to Deadwood 3.2.01
Nicholas Bamber's Makefile.freebsd file added.
(2012.02.12)

maradns-1.4.10:

The hash compression function has better collision resistance. More details
(2012.01.13)

maradns-1.3.07.14:

The hash compression function has better collision resistance. More details
(2012.01.13)

maradns-1.4.09:

Hotfix: The hash randomization now has 31 bits of entropy, and the hash does a fairly good job of choosing a random hash bucket again. More details
(2011.12.30)

maradns-1.3.07.13:

Hotfix: The hash randomization now has 31 bits of entropy, and the hash does a fairly good job of choosing a random hash bucket again. More details
(2011.12.30)

maradns-1.4.08:

Security hotfix: Hash randomization added to MaraDNS 1's recursive resolver. MaraDNS 2 is not impacted (it's been using a randomized hash since 2007). More details
(2011.12.29)

maradns-1.3.07.12:

Security hotfix: Hash randomization added to MaraDNS 1's recursive resolver. MaraDNS 2 is not impacted (it's been using a randomized hash since 2007). More details
(2011.12.29)

maradns-2.0.04:

This is a stable release of MaraDNS.

AngelD's issue with zone transfers when there are a lot of FQDN4 records fixed.
Karim's issue with '/read' directive fixed
(2011.11.12)

maradns-1.4.07:

This is a legacy release of MaraDNS. All patches are backports of MaraDNS 2.0 bug fixes.

A typo fix for fetchzone
AXFR-over-UDP packets are now correctly marked "truncated"
It is now possible to have the '/' in hostnames
Fix for Debian bug #607739: Hostname shown when complaining about DDIP issues
AngelD's issue with zone transfers when there are a lot of FQDN4 records fixed.
Karim's issue with '/read' directive fixed
(2011.11.11)

maradns-2.0.03:

This is a stable release of MaraDNS.

Deadwood updated to Deadwood 3.0.03
ANY queries that do not fit in 512 bytes are now properly truncated
RFC2317 hostnames with slash characters ('/') are now supported
MaraDNS is now fully installed when 'make install' is invoked (at least on CentOS 5)
DDIP MX problem records now show hostname
Correct handling of IXFR and AXFR requests sent over UDP (the UDP server now always marks these as being truncated)
Documentation updates
Give information on how to RTFM (correct manpage pointed out) if a csv2 file doesn't parse
Added support for --pid=/path/to/file to Duende (courtesy Yarin)
ipv6 fixes applied
Courtesy of Nicholas Bamber, Duende should now reap all children (as long as they don't need a KILL/9 signal to exit)
Updates to the SQA regressions
MaraDNS 2.0 tarball is now xz compressed; MaraDNS 2.0 Windows binary is now provided.
(2011.08.05)

maradns-2.0.02:

This is a stable branch of MaraDNS.

Documentation updates
Applied Corey's patch that fixes a typo in fetchzone.c
Applied Yarin's patch that makes the "install.locations" script more flexible.
I have adapted Yarin's patch that makes email addresses like 'john\.doe@example.com' possible in SOA records.
Updated an error message that stated we were running MaraDNS 1.2 (now says 2.0)
Updated the copyright statement to have the year 2011
Deadwood updated to 3.0.02
Fix for CVE-2011-0520
(2011.02.05)

maradns-1.4.06:

This is a stable branch of MaraDNS.

Fix for CVE-2011-0520
Deadwood updated to 3.0.02
(2011.01.28)

maradns-2.0.01:

This is a stable branch of MaraDNS.

MaraDNS build process modified to compile without any recursion; recursion is now supplied by Deadwood.
(2010.09.28)

maradns-1.4.05:

This is a stable branch of MaraDNS.

Deadwood updated to the stable 3.0.01 release.
MicroDNS now returns "not implemented" when given an EDNS packet
FAQ updated.
(2010.09.25)

maradns-1.4.04:

This is the stable branch of MaraDNS.

Bugfix: NAPTR records now work when ~ is used to separate records
NAPTR records now documented
Bugfix: ANY queries now correctly work with NS referrals
Example IPv6 addresses now use RFC-4193 compliant IPs
Website updated to point out that Deadwood is now feature complete and ready for beta-testing
Some updates to the SQA regressions
Deadwood updated to Deadwood 2.9.02
Windows-only mkSecretTxt program added (*NIX users can just type in "dd if=/dev/urandom of=secret.txt bs=64 count=1"; this gives Windows the same ability).
(2010.07.31)

maradns-1.4.03:

This is the stable branch of MaraDNS.

Patch fixing bug where an improperly terminated domain name in a csv2 zone file terminated MaraDNS.
Documentation for reject_aaaa and reject_ptr (which have been around since 2003 but never documented until now) added.
Other documentation updates
(2010.02.02)

maradns-1.3.07.10:

This is the previous stable branch of MaraDNS.

Backport of patch fixing bug where an improperly terminated domain name in a csv2 zone file terminated MaraDNS.
(2010.02.02)

maradns-1.4.02:

This is the stable branch of MaraDNS.

Documentation updated for 1.4 MaraDNS release.
RPM spec file now builds RPM in CentOS (RHEL) 5.
csv2_default_zonefile was accidently broken in MaraDNS 1.4.01; fixed.
Updates to the SQA regressions; we now try some regressions that intermittently fail in CentOS 5 up to three times before giving up.
(2010.01.08)

maradns-1.4.01:

This is the stable branch of MaraDNS.

The * character is no longer allowed in zone names.
Deadwood updated to Deadwood 2.4.10
Documentation update
(2009.12.21)

maradns-1.3.14:

This is the development branch of MaraDNS.

William Summers submitted a patch to fix OpenBSD compile issues.
Deadwood 2 updated to Deadwood-2.04 (with the tools also in MaraDNS removed and the INSTALL document revised accordingly)
Workaround for AFNIC (.fr) registration issues added
GCC 4.3.2 compile-time warnings removed
Milan Kupcevic added dns_port support to zoneserver
stdint.h now used for fixed-sized integers; this should make MaraDNS easier to compile on unsupported platforms.
(2009.08.04)

maradns-1.3.13:

This is the development branch of MaraDNS.

private_ips test revamped to work in a stock CentOS 5.2 install
New parameter added notthere_ip (Sponsored by XenoBank who offer internet privacy via a web browser that automagically uses the TOR network for web browsing)
mqhash updated to also use Radio Gatun hash (in 32-bit mode).
Currently unused borked_zone test added to SQA regressions
(2009.02.13)

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