Unbound 1.17.1rc2 pre-release

[Wouter Wijngaards]

Hi,

Unbound 1.17.1rc2 pre-release is available:
https://nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/unbound-1.17.1rc2.tar.gz
sha256 bbda76baca8c438e1149af98347b52afba064a898d725f271e3306b02e7b2b07
pgp https://nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/unbound-1.17.1rc2.tar.gz.asc

The RC2 release contains an additional fix for service downgrade due to
wrong hash values for wildcards in a hyperlocal zone, that was reported
by Sergey Kacheev.

Bug Fixes
- Fix wildcard in hyperlocal zone service degradation, reported
  by Sergey Kacheev.

Best regards, Wouter

On 05/01/23 11:40, Wouter Wijngaards via maintainers wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Unbound 1.17.1rc1 pre-release is available:
> https://nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/unbound-1.17.1rc1.tar.gz
> sha256 4686cd98222cd7580606a07f4f20c15d531634e1ae34e9dad767e4e12609b61f
> pgp https://nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/unbound-1.17.1rc1.tar.gz.asc
> 
> This release fixes a number of bugs. There are also new configuration
> options that by default do not change the existing behaviour of Unbound.
> 
> With `statistics-inhibit-zero` the printout of zero values by stats can
> be controlled. Similarly with `max-sent-count` and `max-query-restarts`
> the iterator behaviour can be controlled. The maximum CNAME chain length
> that is accepted can be changed by increasing the `max-query-restarts`
> number. This takes more time to follow those elements.
> 
> The keep-cache option allows reloads to change configuration whilst
> keeping the cache memory intact, making the cache hot for good response
> times after the change has completed.
> 
> Features
> - Expose 'statistics-inhibit-zero' as a configuration option; the
>   default value retains Unbound's behavior.
> - Expose 'max-sent-count' as a configuration option; the
>   default value retains Unbound's behavior.
> - Merge #461 from Christian Allred: Add max-query-restarts option.
>   Exposes an internal configuration but the default value retains
>   Unbound's behavior.
> - Merge #569 from JINMEI Tatuya: add keep-cache option to
>   'unbound-control reload' to keep caches.
> 
> Bug Fixes
> - Merge #768 from fobser: Arithmetic on a pointer to void is a GNU
>   extension.
> - In unit test, print python script name list correctly.
> - testcode/dohclient sets log identity to its name.
> - Clarify the use of MAX_SENT_COUNT in the iterator code.
> - Fix that cachedb does not store failures in the external cache.
> - Merge #767 from jonathangray: consistently use IPv4/IPv6 in
>   unbound.conf.5.
> - Fix to ignore tcp events for closed comm points.
> - Fix to make sure to not read again after a tcp comm point is closed.
> - Fix #775: libunbound: subprocess reap causes parent process reap
>   to hang.
> - iana portlist update.
> - Complementary fix for distutils.sysconfig deprecation in Python 3.10
>   to commit 62c5039ab9da42713e006e840b7578e01d66e7f2.
> - Fix #779: [doc] Missing documention in ub_resolve_event() for
>   callback parameter was_ratelimited.
> - Ignore expired error responses.
> - Merge #720 from jonathangray: fix use after free when
>   WSACreateEvent() fails.
> - Fix for the ignore of tcp events for closed comm points, preserve
>   the use after free protection features.
> - Fix #782: Segmentation fault in stats.c:404.
> - Add SVCB and HTTPS to the types removed by 'unbound-control flush'.
> - Clear documentation for interactivity between the subnet module and
>   the serve-expired and prefetch configuration options.
> - Fix #773: When used with systemd-networkd, unbound does not start
>   until systemd-networkd-wait-online.service times out.
> - Merge #808: Wrap Makefile script's directory variables in quotes.
> - Fix to wrap Makefile scripts directory in quotes for uninstall.
> - Fix windows compile for libunbound subprocess reap comm point closes.
> - Update github workflows to use checkout v3.
> 
> Best regards, Wouter
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