SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwire - September 10, 2007) - Infoblox Inc. and ISC today announced
availability of several resources to assist enterprise IT departments in
the transition from BIND 8 -- end-of-lifed (EOLed) on Aug. 27, 2007 -- to
new, more advanced BIND 9 DNS implementations.
The Berkeley Internet Name Daemon (BIND) is the open source reference
implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS), which is analogous with the
network "phone book" that translates names, such as
www.yahoo.com or
finance.companyx.com, to numeric IP addresses, such as 66.94.234.13 or
192.168.1.16. DNS is an essential core network service that plays a role
in almost all network applications, including Web surfing, e-mail,
Microsoft's Active Directory, ERP, CRM, unified communications, and others.
BIND version 8 -- initially released as open-source software by the
Internet Software Consortium (ISC) in May 1997 -- saw rapid adoption and
became the most widely deployed DNS implementation for enterprises, for
both internal and external DNS. Numerous enhancements were made to BIND 8
following the initial release. And, based on user requests and lessons
learned, ISC developed a next-generation version, BIND 9, which was
released in 2000.
Most organizations now run BIND 9, but there are still a significant number
of BIND 8 deployments in production. According to a survey by The
Measurement Factory and sponsored by Infoblox, there were more than one
million deployments of BIND 8-based name servers on the Internet in 2006.
This does not take into account internal implementations, which are
estimated at more than three times that number.
ISC founder and BIND 8 author Paul Vixie commented, "It's never easy to
retire a product, but after 10 years of service and millions of
deployments, it's time to end-of-life BIND 8. It has a number of inherent
architectural limitations which have been addressed in BIND 9, and BIND 9
also has support for a number of key functions, such as views and the
latest version of the DNS security extensions. ISC strongly encourages
enterprise IT departments to transition to BIND 9 and is pleased to join
with Infoblox in offering tools to help with this transition."
Cricket Liu, DNS expert, co-author of O'Reilly & Associates' books on DNS
and vice president of architecture at Infoblox, concluded: "DNS is the
foundation of all network applications and services. It simply has to be
secure, reliable, and up-to-date. Delivering DNS services with an outdated
BIND version can jeopardize an organization's entire IT infrastructure. We
encourage all BIND 8 users to access our tools, including our new BIND 8
Transition Guide, to accelerate and ease their migration to BIND 9."
Transition Resources
Cricket Liu and Joao Damas, ISC's Sr. Programme Manager for BIND, have
authored a BIND 8 Transition Guide. Additionally, Paul Vixie and Cricket
Liu will host a webinar at 10:00 a.m. PDT, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007 to
articulate the following:
-- Reasons BIND 8 is being discontinued,
-- Best practices in upgrading to BIND 9,
-- How to avoid pitfalls, and
-- Emerging best practices in DNS deployment and name server options.
To register for the webinar, visit:
http://www.infoblox.com/images/home/bind8-emailer-final.html.
Note that all webinar participants will receive a copy of the BIND 8
Transition Guide. And, on Sept. 20, 2007, the guide can be downloaded at
the following website:
http://www.infoblox.com/library/dns_resources.cfm.
About Infoblox
Infoblox appliances deliver utility-grade core network services, including
domain name resolution (DNS), IP address assignment and management (DHCP
and IPAM), authentication (RADIUS) and related services. Infoblox
solutions, which provide the essential "glue" between networks and
applications, are used by over 1,800 organizations worldwide, including
over 90 of the Fortune 500. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara,
Calif., and operates in more than 30 countries. For more information, call
+1.408.625.4200, email
info@infoblox.com, or visit
www.infoblox.com.
About ISC
Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) is a non-profit 501(c)(3), public benefit
corporation with a long history of developing and maintaining the
production quality BIND and DHCP Open Source software. ISC has increased
its focus to include enhancing the stability of the global DNS directly
through reliable F-root name server operations and ongoing operation of a
DNS crisis coordination center, ISC's OARC for DNS. ISC is also engaged in
further protocol development efforts, particularly in the areas of DNS
evolution and facilitating the transition to IPv6. ISC is supported by the
donations of generous sponsors, program membership fees and specific fees
for services. For program or donation information, please visit our
website at
http://www.isc.org.
Contact Information: Media Contacts:
Jennifer Jasper
Infoblox
408.625.4309