BIND
Sign in to saveBIND () is a suite of software for interacting with the Domain Name System (DNS). Its most prominent component, named (pronounced name-dee: , short for name daemon), performs both of the main DNS server roles, acting as an authoritative name server for DNS zones and as a recursive resolver in the network. As of 2015, it is the most widely used domain name server software, and is the de facto standard on Unix-like operating systems. Also contained in the suite are various administration tools such as nsupdate and dig, and a DNS resolver interface library.
Key facts
- Software.name
- BIND
- Software.logo
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- Software.caption
- Berkeley Internet Name Domain
- Software.author
- Douglas Terry,Mark Painter,David Riggle,Songnian Zhou
- Software.developer
- Internet Systems Consortium
- Software.latest release version
- 9.18.47 (ESV) & 9.20.21 (ESV)
- Software.latest preview version
- 9.21.20
- Software.operating system
- Linux, NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, macOS
- Software.genre
- DNS server
- Software.license
- Mozilla Public License
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BIND () is a suite of software for interacting with the Domain Name System (DNS). Its most prominent component, named (pronounced name-dee: , short for name daemon), performs both of the main DNS server roles, acting as an authoritative name server for DNS zones and as a recursive resolver in the network. As of 2015, it is the most widely used domain name server software, and is the de facto standard on Unix-like operating systems. Also contained in the suite are various administration tools such as nsupdate and dig, and a DNS resolver interface library.
The software was originally designed at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) in the early 1980s. The name originates as an acronym of Berkeley Internet Name Domain, reflecting the application's use within UC Berkeley. The current version is BIND 9, first released in 2000 and still actively maintained by the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) with new releases issued several times a year.