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Release 2.0.0 Mon Dec 1 13:23:40 CET 2003
The ZoneCheck release 2.0.0 is available here as a tarball for downloading, or you can go here for rpm or debian packages.
  • protect quotes in javascript strings
  • use the same profile for .re and .fr
  • improved handling of bogons
  • tcp connecitivity test timeout after 8 secs
  • fixed decoding of TXT records
  • new test to check AS on which nameservers are installed
Release 2.0.0b10 Tue Nov 18 11:55:42 CET 2003
The ZoneCheck release 2.0.0b10 is available here as a tarball for downloading, or you can go here for rpm or debian packages.
  • bug in installer fixed
  • checking of delegation response size (chk_delegation_udp512*) now give the exceeding size
  • SOA refresh, retry, minimum and expire fields have their minimum and maximum value configurable
  • added profile (test set) selection
  • added preset
  • configuration and message catalogs are in XML format
Release 2.0.0b9 Mon Oct 27 12:17:43 CET 2003
The ZoneCheck release 2.0.0b9 is available here as a tarball for downloading.
  • check for non recursive server (chk_not_recursive)
  • checking of delegation response size (chk_delegation_udp512*)
  • use of alternative rootserver possible in chk_root_server_*
  • chk_root_server_* now give detailed information
  • fix chk_aaaa test
  • use -n to disable name resolution for ping commande
  • able to encode NS, A, AAAA records
  • fixed wrong exit code when 'no stop on fatal' was enabled
  • option --resolver is not necessary anymore on windows
  • time the execution of test
  • added statistics for web page
  • web form can be submited by pressing enter
  • new installation procedure (using ruby only)
  • add zonecheck.spec for building rpm
Release 2.0.0b8 Thu Oct 2 13:40:09 CEST 2003
The ZoneCheck release 2.0.0b8 is available here for downloading.
  • handle lost of TCP connection in DNS resolver
  • reduced timeout for connection to mail server
  • more in depth checking of DNS connectivity (chk_tcp, chk_udp)
  • new coherence test between nameserver SOA (chk_soa_coherence)
  • new test for checking timeout on AAAA (chk_aaaa)
  • deal with ip6.int as with arpa zone
  • changed handling of customized zonecheck version
  • bug fixes
Release 2.0.0b7 Mon Sep 01 16:49:06 CEST 2003
The ZoneCheck release 2.0.0b7 is available for download.
  • cleaner handling of internationalisation
  • it is now possible to access ZoneCheck through inetd daemon
  • a man page for zonecheck cli is now available
  • general documentation has been sligthy completed
  • minor bug fixes
Release 2.0.0b6 Mon Aug 11 10:49:06 CEST 2003
The ZoneCheck release 2.0.0b6 is available for download.
  • removed excessive sanity check for input parameter
  • changed strings "" to '' when possible
  • added 'fatalonly' flag to only print fatal errors
  • improved debugging facility (multiline, lazy evaluation)
  • added dbgmsg to ease login of messages during test execution
  • corrected 'chk_recursive' test
  • msgcat reload method cleanup
Release 2.0.0b5 Wed Jul 9 10:24:20 CEST 2003
  • tests have been improved (or corrected)
  • more understandable messages for DNS error code
  • bug fixes
Release 2.0.0b4 Wed Jul 2 11:45:14 CEST 2003
  • the set of tests used to check a domain name has been improved.
  • an XML publisher as been partially implemeted
  • bug fixes
Release 2.0.0b3 Wed Jun 25 16:04:52 CEST 2003
This release is now compatible with ruby-1.8.0preview3