Editing Internet Systems Consortium (section)

{{Infobox organization
| name                     = Internet Systems Consortium
| formation                = {{start date and age|1994}}
| founder                  = {{plist|
* [[Paul Vixie]]
* [[Carl Malamud]]
* [[Rick Adams (Internet pioneer)|Rick Adams]]
}}
| founded_date             = 
| key_people               = Jeff Osborn ([[President (corporate title)|President]])
| website                  = {{official URL}}
| logo                     = Internet Systems Consortium logo.svg
| image                    = 
| type                     = Network Engineering
| area_served              = Worldwide
| status                   = [[501(c)(3) organization]]
| focus                    = [[Domain name system|DNS]], [[Internet]]
| products                 = [[BIND]], [[DHCP]], [[Kea (software)|Kea]]
| num_employees            = 35
| former name              = Internet Software Consortium
| location                 = [[Newmarket, New Hampshire|Newmarket]], [[New Hampshire]], [[United States of America|U.S.]]
| module                   = {{infobox network service provider|child=yes|asn=3557}}
}}

'''Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.''', also known as '''ISC''', is an American non-profit corporation that supports the infrastructure of the universal, self-organizing [[Internet]] by developing and maintaining core production-quality software, [[communications protocol|protocols]], and operations.<ref name="isc_history">{{cite web |url = https://www.isc.org/about/ |title = The History of ISC |publisher = Internet Systems Consortium |access-date = 2020-09-14 |archive-date = 2020-10-20 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201020132411/https://www.isc.org/about/ |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.isc.org/about/501c3 |title = 501(c)(3) exemption letter |author = Internal Revenue Service |author-link = Internal Revenue Service |date = 2007-12-15 |format = PDF |publisher = Internet Systems Consortium |access-date = 2009-04-11 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081118021227/https://www.isc.org/about/501c3/ |archive-date = 2008-11-18 }}</ref> ISC has developed several key [[Internet technologies]] that enable the global Internet, including: [[BIND]], [[DHCPD|ISC DHCP]] and [[Kea (software)|Kea]]. Other software projects no longer in active development include OpenReg and [[AFTR|ISC AFTR]] (an implementation of an [[IPv6 transition mechanisms|IPv4/IPv6 transition]] protocol based on [[IPv6 transition mechanisms#Dual-Stack Lite .28DS-Lite.29|Dual-Stack Lite]]).

ISC operates one of the 13 global authoritative [[Domain name system|DNS]] root servers, [[Root nameserver|F-Root]].<ref name="isc_f-root">{{cite web |url = https://www.isc.org/f-root/ |title = F-Root |date = 10 July 2019 |publisher = Internet Systems Consortium |access-date = 2020-09-14 |archive-date = 2020-09-05 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200905075919/http://www.isc.org/f-root/ |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="isc_icann_f-root_agreement">{{cite web |url = https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2008-01-04-en |title = Milestone Agreement Reached Between ICANN, and F Root Server Operator, Internet Systems Consortium |publisher = ICANN |access-date = 2020-09-14 |archive-date = 2019-12-13 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191213093456/https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2008-01-04-en |url-status = live }}</ref>

Over the years a number of additional software systems were operated under ISC (for example: [[InterNetNews|INN]] and [[Lynx (web browser)|Lynx]]) to better support the Internet's infrastructure. ISC also expanded their operational activities to include Internet hosting facilities for other open-source projects such as [[NetBSD]], [[XFree86]], [[kernel.org]], secondary name-service (SNS) for more than 50 [[top-level domains]], and a DNS OARC (Operations, Analysis and Research Center) for monitoring and reporting of the Internet's DNS.

ISC is actively involved in the community design process; it authors and participates in the development of the [[Internet Engineering Task Force|IETF]] standards, including the production of managed open-source software used as a reference implementation of the DNS.<ref>{{cite web |title=IETF Standards Written by ISC Contributors |url=https://www.isc.org/rfcs/ |website=Internet Systems Consortium |publisher=ISC |access-date=14 September 2020 |archive-date=5 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405182509/https://www.isc.org/rfcs/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

ISC is primarily funded by the sale of technical support contracts for its open source software.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.isc.org/docs/2019ISCannualreportfinal.pdf |title = 2019 ISC Annual Report |publisher = ISC |access-date = 2020-09-14 |archive-date = 2020-10-01 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201001122720/https://www.isc.org/docs/2019ISCannualreportfinal.pdf |url-status = dead }}</ref>