BIND Documentation

Reference and FAQ

The primary documentation for BIND is the ARM, the Administrator's Reference Manual. There is a separate edition of the ARM for each major release of BIND. You can download the PDF file of the ARM for:

HTML versions are available for:

From time to time we issue a small addendum to the most recent ARM, which documents new features that were made available since the ARM was published. This note about ISC's BIND Delegation-only feature is an addendum to the BIND 9.5 ARM.

Our FAQ's have been moved to our new KnowledgeBase. 

Here is a link to some RFC compliance documentation which is not complete, but contains some of the major DNS RFC's.

Outside resources and links

Some of the services named here may require payment. We provide this list as a convenience to BIND developers and other interested parties. It is not a comprehensive list of all BIND-related services, nor does it constitute an endorsement by ISC or its employees of any particular service, product, or organization. ISC assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of any of this material.

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