Configure Bind to Report Version

When query DNS from bind server, the server can report its version for comparison. This section guides you on how to configure version.

Set Options

The simple way to set the traffic is to define options clauses in /etc/bind/named.conf:

options {
            ...
            version "BIND 9";
};

version

version accepts a string into its version reporting. One can supply its own values for customization. To disable version reporting, simply use none as result as follow:

            version none;

That's all for configuring bind to report version.