Knot Resolver 1.2.5 released

Knot Resolver 1.2.5 has been released.

Security

  • layer/validate: clear AD if closest encloser proof has opt-outed NSEC3 (#169)
  • layer/validate: check if NSEC3 records in wildcard expansion proof has an opt-out
  • dnssec/nsec: missed wildcard no-data answers validation has been implemented

Improvements

  • modules/dnstap: a DNSTAP support module (Contributed by Vicky Shrestha)
  • modules/workarounds: a module adding workarounds for known DNS protocol violators
  • layer/iterate: fix logging of glue addresses
  • kr_bitcmp: allow bits=0 and consequently 0.0.0.0/0 matches in view and renumber modules.
  • modules/padding: Improve default padding of responses (Contributed by Daniel Kahn Gillmor)
  • New kresc client utility (experimental; don't rely on the API yet)

Bugfixes

  • trust anchors: Improve trust anchors storage format (#167)
  • trust anchors: support non-root TAs, one domain per file
  • policy.DENY: set AA flag and clear AD flag
  • lib/resolve: avoid unnecessary DS queries
  • lib/nsrep: don't treat servers with NOIP4 + NOIP6 flags as timed out
  • layer/iterate: During packet classification (answer vs. referral) don't analyze AUTHORITY section in authoritative answer if ANSWER section contains records that have been requested