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This directory contains scripts, tools, and other useful accessories to
BIND 9.  Contrib software is not supported by ISC, but reported bugs will
be fixed as time permits.

    - scripts/

      Assorted useful scripts, including 'nanny' which monitors 
      named and restarts it in the event of a crash, 'zone-edit'
      which enables editing of a dynamic zone, and others.

    - dane/

      mkdane.sh generates TLSA records for use with DNS-based
      Authentication of Named Entities (DANE).

    - dnspriv/

      Sample configuration for setting up a DNS-over-TLS server
      using BIND with Nginx as a TLS proxy.

    - kasp/

      Scripts for converting key and signature policies from OpenDNSSEC
      KASP format to the policy.conf format used by dnssec-keymgr.

    - dlz/modules

      Dynamically linkable DLZ modules that can be configured into
      named at runtime, enabling access to external data sources including
      LDAP, MySQL, Berkeley DB, perl scripts, etc.

    - dlz/drivers

      Old-style DLZ drivers that can be linked into named at compile
      time. (These are no longer actively maintained and are expected
      to be removed eventually.)

Some links to useful software and other resources related to BIND 9 and
DNS can be found at https://www.isc.org/dns-tools-and-resources.