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AIX Version 4.3 Differences Guide

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There are new no options added:<br />

• ip6forwarding<br />

This option works like the existing ipforwarding only for IPv6 packets.<br />

The IP packets forwarding function will be enabled by the following command:<br />

#no -o ip6forwarding=1<br />

The value of ipforwarding specifies whether the kernel should forward<br />

packets. The default value of 0 prevents forwarding of IP packets. A value of 1<br />

enables forwarding.<br />

• multi_homed<br />

• main_if6<br />

• main_site6<br />

• site6_index<br />

7.7 Enhancement for ifconfig Command (<strong>4.3</strong>.2)<br />

The new flags introduced to ifconfig command are:<br />

ifconfig [ -m ] Interface [ ProtocolFamily ] Interface ProtocolFamily<br />

ifconfig -a [ -m ] [ -d ] [ -u ] [ ProtocolFamily ]<br />

Table 37 provides the descriptions of the new ifconfig flags:<br />

Table 37. ifconfig New Flags for Display Interface Information<br />

Flags<br />

Descriptions<br />

-a The -a flag can be used instead of an interface name. This flag instructs<br />

ifconfig to display information about all interfaces in the system.<br />

-d The -d flag displays interfaces that are down.<br />

-m If the -m flag is passed before an interface name, ifconfig will display<br />

all of the supported media for the specified interface.<br />

-u The -u flag displays interfaces that are up.<br />

7.8 Latest BIND DNS (NameD) Support (<strong>4.3</strong>.2)<br />

The Domain Naming System (DNS) is a method to distribute a large database of<br />

IP addresses, hostnames, and other record data across administrative areas.<br />

The end result is a distributed database maintained in sections by authorized<br />

administrators per domain.<br />

<strong>AIX</strong>, similar to other UNIX platforms, offers the BIND DNS server. BIND, or the<br />

Berkeley Internet Name Daemon, is a DNS server implementation provided by<br />

the Internet Software Consortium. It has become the standard for DNS server<br />

implementations and a benchmark for DNS server intercompatibility.<br />

<strong>AIX</strong> <strong>4.3</strong>.2 incorporates IBM DNS value-added functions to the latest level of<br />

BIND, <strong>Version</strong> 8.1.2. This involves adding IBM secure dynamic DNS update<br />

protocol and incremental zone transfers to BIND 8.1.2, as well as extending this<br />

BIND's NOTIFY ability and parameter configuration.<br />

172 <strong>AIX</strong> <strong>Version</strong> <strong>4.3</strong> <strong>Differences</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>

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