Unbound Domain Name Server Updated to Run on Windows

NLnet Labs and Nominet today announces Unbound, an open source domain name server (DNS), is now available to all Windows operating systems including Windows XP and Vista. This Unbound update further supports the deployment of Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC), a technology designed to enhance the security of the Internet as a whole.

Windows Unbound is Ipv6 compatible recursive caching validating DNS server. It looks up the domain name in the global DNS system to get the address and stores it to allow ISPs, broadband suppliers, or cable companies, to quickly direct end-users to their desired websites. It also performs DNSSEC validation checks on the DNS data, verifying that the information it retrieves is both correct and authentic. Such checks help protect users of the Internet against a range of security exploits.

Unbound was already available on Unix varieties such as Linux, OS X, and FreeBSD" says Wouter Wijngaards, the project's leader at NLnet Labs; "But we are keen for as many users as possible to reap the benefits from Unbound, which is why we have made it available to Windows platforms. There are millions of Windows users and it is great that we can now offer our high performance, secure, alternative (to Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND)) domain name server, for more platforms."

Lesley Cowley, CEO at Nominet continues; "Domain name servers are an incredibly important but completely hidden part of the Internet. Continued development of Unbound is an important part of ensuring that the DNS infrastructure is kept up to date and protected against security threats."

Windows Unbound is available as a download from http://unbound.net/download.html, and runs in the same way as it would run on Unix systems. The code is open source and can be used in other products under the BSD license. It has been designed to be as accessible to developers as possible.

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