Migrating from the long-outdated Berkeley Internet Name Daemon (BIND) 8 to the improved BIND 9 might be easier with the availability of an upgrade guide designed to educate remaining BIND 8 users of the inherent security risks of using the old version.

BIND is the open source reference implementation of the DNS, much like a network phone book that translates computer hostnames into IP addresses.

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