Internet Systems Consortium | Maintainers of BIND and ISC DHCP

Open Source Projects

Enables users around the world to find top-level domains such as .com, .uk, .edu
Reliable anycast network with over 125 nodes
Hosted in local IXes, managed by ISC

We have operated F-root since 1994. F is one of 13 root nodes of the Domain Name System (DNS), with over 125 any-cast nodes around the world.
Part of the Internet infrastructure
We get most of our financial support from supporting open source. This keeps us aligned with our core mission - supporting the Internet.
Support independant developers
ISC engineers have written over 70 of the technical standards that are essential to interoperability on the Internet.
Creating and implementing Internet standards is part of the mission
Contact us, ask our active user community, check out our extensive on-line knowledge base or try some of the many tools and resources available on the Internet.