NSD
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| [[Programmer|DeveloperTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | NLnet Labs |
| Initial release | May 30, 2002 |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Type | DNS server |
| License | BSD license |
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In Internet computing, NSD (for "name server daemon") is an open-source Domain Name System (DNS) server. It was developed by NLnet Labs of Amsterdam in cooperation with the RIPE NCC, from scratch as an authoritative name server (i.e., not implementing the recursive caching function by design). The intention of this development is to add variance to the "gene pool" of DNS implementations used by higher level name servers and thus increase the resilience of DNS against software flaws or exploits.
NSD uses BIND-style zone-files (zone-files used under BIND can usually be used unmodified in NSD, once entered into the NSD configuration).
NSD uses zone information compiled via zonec into a binary database file (nsd.db) which allows fast startup of the NSD name-service daemon, and allows syntax-structural errors in Zone-Files to be flagged at compile-time (before being made available to NSD service itself).
The collection of programs/processes that make-up NSD are designed so that the NSD daemon itself runs as a non-privileged user and can be easily configured to run in a Chroot jail, such that security flaws in the NSD daemon are not so likely to result in system-wide compromise as without such measures.
As of May 2018, four of the Internet root nameservers are using NSD:
- k.root-servers.net was switched to NSD on February 19, 2003.[1]
- One of the 2 load-balanced servers for h.root-servers.net (called "H1", "H2") was switched to NSD, and now there are 3 servers all running NSD (called "H1", "H2", "H3").[2]
- l.root-servers.net switched to NSD[3] on February 6, 2007[citation needed].
- d.root-servers.net was switched to NSD in May 2018.[4]
Several other TLDs use NSD for part of their servers.
See also
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- Unbound, a recursive DNS server, also developed by NLnet Labs
- Comparison of DNS server software
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Karrenberg, Daniel (14 February 2003). "k.root-servers.net Changing DNS Software at on 19.2.2003". Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.""Stichting NLnet; Annual Report 2003" mentioning NSD on h.root-servers.net". Stichting NLnet Labs. 18 May 2004. p. 13. Retrieved 30 January 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Patrick Jones (2014-09-09). Lightning Talk on L-root (PDF). ENOG 8. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."D-Root History Page". d.root-servers.org. Retrieved 2026-04-29.
External links
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- NSD License
- NSD DNS Tutorial with examples and explanations
