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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 (These are no longer actively maintained and are expected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.