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Between 1985-1987, [[Kevin Dunlap]], an employee of the Digital Equipment Corporation, worked on the BIND Project under the [[CSRG|Computer Systems Research Group]] at UC Berkeley. He wrote the BIND version 4.3BSD.<ref>[http://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/networking_2ndEd/dns/ch01_04.htm DNS and BIND]</ref> This version was released by Berkeley Software Distribution as an free and open source software.

Between 1985-1987, [[Kevin Dunlap]], an employee of the Digital Equipment Corporation, worked on the BIND Project under the [[CSRG|Computer Systems Research Group]] at UC Berkeley. He wrote the BIND version 4.3BSD.<ref>[http://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/networking_2ndEd/dns/ch01_04.htm DNS and BIND]</ref> This version was released by Berkeley Software Distribution as an free and open source software.

==BIND Maintenance==

==BIND 4==

The CSRG maintained BIND version 4.3BSD through 4.8.3. Many other individuals contributed in developing the BIND Server which include Ralph Campbell, Kevin Dunlap Doug Kingston, Craig Partridge, Smoot Carl-Mitchell, Mike Muuss, Jim Bloom and Mike Schwartz. The maintenance of BIND was eventually designated to Mike Karels and O. Kure. Hewlett Packard Company formerly known as Digital Equipment Corporation released BIND Versions 4.9 and 4.9.1 and [[Paul Vixie]] was delegated as the primary caretaker with assistance from Phil Almquist, [[Robert Elz]], Alan Barrett, Paul Albitz, Bryan Beecher, Andrew Partan, Andy Cherenson, Tom Limoncelli, Berthold Paffrath, Fuat Baran, Anant Kumar, Art Harkin, Win Treese, Don Lewis and Christophe Wolfhugel.<ref>[https://www.isc.org/history-of-bind/]</ref>

The CSRG maintained BIND version 4.3BSD through 4.8.3. Many other individuals contributed in developing the BIND Server which include Ralph Campbell, Kevin Dunlap Doug Kingston, Craig Partridge, Smoot Carl-Mitchell, Mike Muuss, Jim Bloom and Mike Schwartz. The maintenance of BIND was eventually designated to Mike Karels and O. Kure. Hewlett Packard Company formerly known as Digital Equipment Corporation released BIND Versions 4.9 and 4.9.1 and [[Paul Vixie]] was delegated as the primary caretaker with assistance from Phil Almquist, [[Robert Elz]], Alan Barrett, Paul Albitz, Bryan Beecher, Andrew Partan, Andy Cherenson, Tom Limoncelli, Berthold Paffrath, Fuat Baran, Anant Kumar, Art Harkin, Win Treese, Don Lewis and Christophe Wolfhugel.<ref>[https://www.isc.org/history-of-bind/]</ref> Vixie Enterprises sponsored BIND Version 4.9.2 and Paul Vixie became the principal architect/programmer of BIND. The Internet Systems Consortium ([[ISC]]) first sponsored version 4.9.3 and eventually continued the sponsorship for the development and maintenance of BIND versions.

==Development of BIND Versions==

==BIND 8==

Vixie Enterprises sponsored BIND Version 4.9.2 and Paul Vixie became the principal architect/programmer of BIND. The Internet Systems Consortium ([[ISC]]) first sponsored version 4.9.3 and eventually continued the sponsorship for the development and maintenance of BIND versions.

On May 1997, Co-architect/programmers Bob Halley and Paul Vixie released BIND version 8.  

On May 1997, Co-architect/programmers Bob Halley and Paul Vixie released BIND version 8, the first production-ready version of the BIND Project.

==BIND 9==

 

On September 2000, BIND version 9 was released. BIND version 9 superseded BIND versions 4 and 8. Both current and obsolete versions of BIND are available from [http://ftp.isc.org ftp.isc.org].

On September 2000, BIND version 9 was released. The development and maintenance of BIND version 9 is handled by ISC. At present, ISC only supports BIND version 9 which superseded the BIND versions 4 and 8.

The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) maintains and supports BIND 9, which is free open source. ISC is a non-profit organization which is funded primarily by sales of support subscriptions for BIND and ISC DHCP.

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