The story of ironDNS®
ironDNS® is the premium name server service for all those whose Internet applications are considered mission-critical.
In the beginning of 2006, a small team of software engineers got together for a brainstorming. The aim was to identify the future challenges in maintaining a stable Internet infrastructure. The outcome:
- Software monocultures inadvertently, but drastically increase the vulnerability of the Internet.
- The DNS is in urgent need of more diversity to face future threats.
Starting from these considerations, a completely new and independent name server implementation was devised. It was supposed to provide for future developments like DNSSEC, IPv6 and a new management concept for effortless scalability right from the outset. The result: ironDNS®
ironDNS® is a service that registries, registrars or companies can subscribe to. The software itself is not for sale. Contrary to open source software, the source code of ironDNS® will never be made public.
Thus, ironDNS® is the ideal complement for existing name server infrastructures. It in use not only for second level domains, but also for almost 50 TLDs.
“ironDNS® is a substantial enrichment of existing name server landscapes.”
Elmar Knipp
CEO of ironDNS®
World-class Name Server Infrastructure
ironDNS® concentrates on the essential duties of a name server infrastructure. Nice gadgets that are better implemented on the application level are deliberately left out. Stability, robustness and security are the absolute priorities of ironDNS®.
What ironDNS® is:
- High-availability name server platform
- Premium service
- Written from scratch and completely independent of already existing name server software
- For professional users, not for private users
- For the following user groups: companies, registrars and registries
- Easy to include in existing name server infrastructures
- Also usable as basis for name server infrastructures
- Customizable configuration according to individual customer needs
- Neutral and completely independent service provider
What ironDNS® is not:
- Not software that can be purchased
- Not a URL redirection service
- Not a free dynamic DNS service for home networks
- Not a content delivery network (CDN)
- Not a cheap mass hoster or web space provider
- Not a DNS resolver or even open DNS resolver
