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| | |city = 950 Charter Street<br/>Redwood City, CA 94063 | ||
| | |country = USA | ||
| | |date_founded = 1994 | ||
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| founders | |focus = Root Server Operator, Open Source Software | ||
Carl Malamud, | |founders = [[Paul Vixie]], [[Carl Malamud]], [[Rick Adams]] | ||
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|organization_type = Non-Profit | |||
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| | |website = http://www.isc.org/ | ||
| | |x = ISCdotORG | ||
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''The Internet Systems Consortium'', or, '''ISC'' is a non-profit which supports "the infrastructure of the universal connected self-organizing Internet—and the autonomy of its participants by developing and maintaining core production quality software, protocols, and operations".<ref>[http://www.isc.org/about ISC About]</ref> | '''The Internet Systems Consortium''', or, '''ISC''' is a non-profit which supports "the infrastructure of the universal connected self-organizing Internet—and the autonomy of its participants by developing and maintaining core production quality software, protocols, and operations".<ref>[http://www.isc.org/about ISC About]</ref> | ||
ISC is known for developing and maintaining the production quality [[BIND]] and [[DHCP]] Open Source software. ISC has expanded its focus to include enhancing the stability of the global [[DNS]] via reliable F-root name server operations. ISC is also involved with protocol development, such as facilitating the transition to [[IPv6]]. It if affiliated with [[OARC]] for [[DNS]]<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-04jan08.htm ICANN]</ref> | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
ISC began as the Internet Software Consortium Inc. in 1994; a decade later it changed its name to likely highlight its expansion beyond solely software based services.<ref>[http://www.isc.org/about/history ISC]</ref>. The founders of ISC believed that [[BIND]]'s integral part in enhancing and supporting the Internet needed to be fostered by an independent entity. [[IANA]] authorized ISC to be a root name server operator, which allowed ISC to support the use of BIND by root name servers. | ISC began as the Internet Software Consortium Inc. in 1994; a decade later it changed its name to likely highlight its expansion beyond solely software based services.<ref>[http://www.isc.org/about/history ISC]</ref>. The founders of ISC believed that [[BIND]]'s integral part in enhancing and supporting the Internet needed to be fostered by an independent entity. [[IANA]] authorized ISC to be a root name server operator, which allowed ISC to support the use of BIND by root name servers. | ||
ISC has become a home for additional software systems, like [[INN]] or [[Lynx]]; and they have also created their own, such as [[DHCP]] and [[OpenReg]].<ref>[http://www.isc.org/about/history ISC History]</ref> | |||
==Expansion== | |||
Business has expanded beyond root name service; and ISC is now know for its Internet Hosting facilities for other open source projects, secondary name service for [[TLD]]s, and a DNS Operations, Analysis and Research Center ([[OARC]]).<ref>[http://www.isc.org/about/history ISC History]</ref> | |||
==Funding== | |||
ISC was created through a grant, and it continues to survive on grants, Guild member fees, sponsors, and donations.<ref>[http://www.isc.org/about/history ISC History]</ref> They also provide paid support for their software, as well as training.<ref>Interview at San Francisco ICANN, 3/13/11</ref> | |||
All of ISC's software is available for download from its website. | |||
==ICANN== | |||
ISC was the first root server to enter into a Mutual Responsibilities Agreement with [[ICANN]]. While the world's dozen root servers have long played a vital role within the Internet community and [[ICANN]]'s work, there had not been a mutual agreement of this nature until January 4th, 2008.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-04jan08.htm ICANN]</ref> | |||
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