About

NLnet Labs is a research and development group that focuses on those developments in Internet technology where bridges between theory and practical deployment need to be built; areas where engineering and standardization takes place.
It is our goal to play an active and relevant role in these areas through the development of open source software, through participating in development of open standards, and through the dissemination of knowledge.
All our deliverables are targeted to enhance the open, secure, and innovative nature of the Internet for all.

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Software updates

ldns 1.6.4 released

Wed, Jan 20 2010
This new release has the pyldns contribution by Zdenek Vasicek and Karel Slany imported. Plus bug fixes.
Direct Download. Changes.

NSD 3.2.4 released

Wed, Jan 6 2010
This new NSD release comes with some new configure options, DLV record support and some bugfixes.
NSD project page. Direct Download.

Unbound 1.4.1 released

Thu, Dec 17 2009

autotrust 0.3.1 released

Tue, Sep 8 2009
This new autotrust release offers some new features like syslog and resolver reloading, as well as some bug fixes. Also, the configuration file format has changed, to be more in line with Unbound.
Direct Download. Changelog.

Publications

Securing DNS: Extending DNS Servers with a DNSSEC Validator

Tue, Oct 27 2009
DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) is a proposed standard for securely authenticating information in the Domain Name System. DNSSEC validators check the digital signatures on DNS data. However, designing a validator worth the operational costs is a challenge. Published in IEEE Security & Privacy, Sept/Oct. 2009.
Securing DNS (DOI Bookmark).

Other related news

SURFnet deploys DNSSEC and uses Unbound

Tue, Sep 8 2009
SURFnet announces that all SURFnet DNS (Domain Name System) resolvers now support DNSSEC. SURFnet uses Unbound as its resolver of choice. SURFnet is one of the first networks in the Netherlands to support DNSSEC.
More information.

Tue Feb 9 2010

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