BIND

This article is about DNS software. For other uses, see Bind.
BIND
Original author(s)Douglas Terry,
Mark Painter,
David Riggle,
Songnian Zhou
Developer(s)Internet Systems Consortium
Initial releaseJune 1986; 38 years ago (1986-06)
Stable release
9.18.31 (ESV) & 9.20.3 (Stable) / 16 October 2024 (2024-10-16)
Preview release
9.21.2 / 16 October 2024 (2024-10-16)
Repository
Operating systemLinux, NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, macOS
TypeDNS server
LicenseMozilla Public License[1]
Websitewww.isc.org/bind/ Edit this on Wikidata

BIND (/ˈbaɪnd/) is a suite of software for interacting with the Domain Name System (DNS). Its most prominent component, named (pronounced name-dee: /ˈneɪmdiː/, 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,[2][3][4] and is the de facto standard on Unix-like operating systems.[5][6] 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 (UCB) in the early 1980s. The name originates as an acronym of Berkeley Internet Name Domain,[7] reflecting the application's use within UCB. 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.

  1. ^ "LICENSE in main BIND 9 branch".
  2. ^ "BIND – The most widely used Name Server Software". Internet Systems Consortium. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  3. ^ Moore, Don (23 May 2004). "DNS server survey". Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  4. ^ Huston, Geoff (October 2015). "Happy Eyeballs for the DNS, (see slide 37)" (PDF). APNIC. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  5. ^ Huck Jr., Paul E. (June 2001). Zero Configuration Name Services for IP Networks (M.Eng). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. hdl:1721.1/86716.
  6. ^ Bal, Rohit G. (January 2017). "Local Area Network automatic Domain name System (LANDS)". Nepal Engineering College. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  7. ^ Terry, Douglas B.; Painter, Mark; Riggle, David W.; Zhou, Songnian (May 1984). The Berkeley Internet Name Domain Server (Technical report). EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley. UCB/CSD-84-182. Retrieved 17 September 2015.