Welcome to the ISC DHCP Forum

ISC is a nonprofit corporation whose funding comes from donations and the membership fees of those with an interest in the future of BIND and ISC DHCP. The ability of ISC to maintain this software and take active involvement in furthering the core Internet protocols they implement is directly dependent on community subsidy and participation.

Everyone benefits from direct relationships between the users of DHCP and ISC. Feedback from Forum members helps set product direction and feature priorities. It also helps ISC staff drive standards and create Best Practices documents. Members benefit in a number of ways. Click here for a complete list of membership benefits by level.

ATTENTION 2007-11-12 - DHCP Forum meeting to be held 11/12 from 7-9pm at LISA BOF session in Dallas. A brief BIND Forum update will also be given. This meeting is open to everyone interested in DHCP. Stay tuned for more details ... DHCP 4.1.0a1 is now available. Documents DHCP Forum Home Membership Levels and Benefits Membership Application Membership Agreement [ PDF ] [ DOC ] [ ODT ] DHCP Forum FAQ For additional information or questions on the ISC Software Guild or DHCP Forum, please contact <dhcpforum@isc.org>

Benefits to members include: Early Security vulnerability notice & patch release to enable you to be ahead of public announcement & release 3rd line support intended to assist your team with integration issues and complicated users issues Access to the CVS tree for the software to allow you to determine how pre-released changes might affect your releases Priority bug fixes and viewable queue to monitor progress Direct access to the developers on a priority basis to discuss strategy and assist in deployment planning Direct input to further release planning