Get enterprise support from the authors of BIND 
F-Root Operator
We’ve operated F-Root, one of the world’s thirteen root name servers, since 1994. We also provide secondary DNS hosting for 54 ccTLDs around the world.
Public Benefit
We’ve contributed more than $68,000,000 in software and engineering hours to the internet community, looking to build a faster, more secure and reliable Internet.
F-Root is distributed using “anycast” technology all around the world, with 54 operational locations, carrying 25% of the root name server traffic, and operating an average 16,000 queries per second.
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Is your software updated against a security vulnerability?
It is important to keep your software up-to-date against potential cyber attacks and vulnerabilities. View the latest security advisories for BIND and DHCP at ISC’s KnowledgeBase or Security Advisory page
Community Support
BIND and DHCP are open source software. Community support is available on our two public mailing lists: bind-user and dhcp-user. We also provide expert professional support for our enterprise users via http://www.dns-co.com/. You can reach our support team by filling out the form at http://www.dns-co.com/contact/
BIND security is critical to the Internet Infrastructure. If you think you may be seeing a potential security vulnerability in BIND (for example, a crash with REQUIRE, INSIST, or ASSERT failure), please report it immediately to security-officer@isc.org and do not post it on the public mailing list.
To report a bug, please submit a Bug Report Form, or submit via email to bind-bugs@isc.org and dhcp-bugs@isc.org
If you wish to submit a feature request, email us at:
- BIND: bind-features@isc.org
- DHCP: dhcp-features@isc.org
April
17 Apr – Projected date for BIND 10 1.2 release
23 Apr – Projected date for BIND 9.10.0 release
24 Apr – UKNOF 28 (Reading, United Kingdom)
Stephen Morris (Software Engineering) and Cathy Almond (Support) will be in attendance.
28–29 Apr – Introduction to DNS & BIND (Arlington, VA, USA)
Get acquainted with BIND – this 3-day workshop covers BIND basics and best practices, as well as touching upon the history of DNS and the Internet. This is a classroom-style course that combines lectures with hands-on labs.
30 Apr–02 May – DNSSEC Technical Workshop (Arlington, VA, USA)
Register for all workshops on the DNSCo training page.
Sponsor Highlight
Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Over the years, Cisco has donated a significant amount of equipment to help ISC build advanced network infrastructure to bring F-Root and Secondary Name Service to our Internet community.