Company Introduction

Internet Domain Name System Beijing Engineering Research Center LLC (ZDNS for short), founded in 2013, is a national high-tech enterprise that incubated by Chinese Academy of Sciences. As the core technology owner of the Internet basic resource service, it focuses on the technical research and innovation of the Internet domain name service system and the IP address service system. It has led the development of five RFCs, 22 domestic industry standards, and nearly 100 patents. ZDNS self-developed hardware and software products: DDI (DNS, DHCP, IPAM) for core network equipment provides a one-stop domain name system full link solution. The key technical indicators of the self-developed DNS basic software Maple are world-leading.

According to IDC report, ZDNS has occupied the first place in China’s DDI equipment market share for nine consecutive years. Evaluation in IDC report: in the field of DDI core network equipment, ZDNS has occupied the first place in the domestic market for consecutive years, and has maintained an absolute leading position in finance, government, education, large-scale enterprises, radio and television industries.  (*According to IDC research report DDI Market Share in China 2015-2023);

IETF International Standards:

RFC4713:Registration and Administration Recommendations for Chinese Domain Names RFC5336:SMTP Extension for Internationalized Email Address RFC8211:Adverse Actions by a Certification Authority (CA) or Repository Manager in the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) RFC8416:Simplified Local Internet Number Resource Management with the RPKI (SLURM) RFC8897:Requirements for Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) Relying Parties
Industrial Standards:
YD/T 2908-2015 Technical Requirements for DNS-based IP Sec Keying Material Storage

YD/T 2841-2015 Technical Specification of Website Trusted Identity Service Based on Domain Name System (DNS)

YD/T 2907-2015 Technical Specification for Applications of Website Trusted Identity Service Based on Domain Name System (DNS) YD/T 2918-2015 Technical Specifications of HTTP State (cookie) Management Mechanism YD/T 3065-2016 Technical Requirements for IPv6 Address Coding and Management - DHCPv6 Leasequery YD/T 3458-2019 Technical Requirements of Secure Operations of Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) - Threat Model of Data Security YD/T 3459-2019 Technical Requirements of Secure Operations of Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) - Key Rollover YD/T 3498-2019 Technical Requirements of Secure Operations of Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) - Local Internet Number Resource Management with the RPKI YD/T 3499-2019 Technical Requirements of Safe Operation of Internet Code Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI): Certificate Policy and Authentication Business Framework YD/T 3500-2019 Technical Requirements of Secure Operations of Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) - Resource encompassment verification YD/T 3657-2020 Specification for Detection of Counterfeit Chinese Domain Name YD/T 3927-2021 Domain Name System (DNS) Security Extensions Mapping for the Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) YD/T 3877-2021 Technical Requirements of Services for New Generic Top Level Domain: Launch phase mapping for the Domain Name Registration Agreement Startup Period YD/T 3878-2021 Domain Registry Grace Period Mapping for the Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) YD/T 3876-2021 Technical Requirements of Services for New Generic Top Level Domain: Trademark Clearing House (TMCH) Functional specifications YD/T 3875-2021 Technical Requirements of Services for New Generic Top Level Domain: Zone File Acess

YD/T 3879-2021 Technical Requirements of Services for New Generic Top Level Domain Registry Data Escrow YD/T 3880-2021 Technical Requirements of Services for New Generic Top Level Domain: Format and Content for Regiatry Operator Monthly Reporting YD/T 3875-2021 Technical Requirements of Services for New Generic Top Level Domain Bulk Registration Data Access
YD/T 3968-2021 Technical Requirements of Services for IP services based on cloud computing technology interconnect with the domain name system
YD/T 4120-2022 Technical Requirements of Services for the DHCPv6 address prefix length is configured

Industry Status
ZDNS builds and operates the largest new generic top level domain name service platform in Asia
(* source: https://ntldstats.com/backend)

ZDNS is an institution with “Complete License, Complete Qualification” in domain name industry, including root server operation organization, domain name registration management organization, domain name registration service agency, domain name resolution service organization and other complete qualifications;

ZDNS experts drafted the report “Key Technical Elements of Potential Root Operators”,  “Technical Analysis of the Naming Scheme Used For Individual Root Server” (RSSAC028), RSSAC Advisory on Rogue DNS Root Server Operators, and actively speaking out in international Internet space governance;


ZDNS has obtained more than 80 enterprise qualifications and product qualifications, such as IDC value-added telecom business license, dedicated security products of computer information system; the company has obtained more than 100 invention patents, including domain name resolution method and virtual DNS authoritative server, distributed domain name storage and resolution method and system, and anti-DOS attack protection method based on block chain technology. Besides, the company also obtained more than 200 software copyrights including cloud services, domain name resolution, core network services, etc.

Dr. Ma Di, chief researcher of ZDNS and Secretary General of Expert Committee, was elected as a member of The Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC), one of the core institutions of global Internet governance system.  


Technical reports drafted and published by ZDNS experts: In March 2017, the report Key Technical Elements of Potential Root Operators (RSSAC024) was released. In August 2018, the report “Technical Analysis of the Naming Scheme Used For Individual Root Server” (RSSAC028) was released, In July 2021, RSSAC Advisory on Rogue DNS Root Server Operators was released, contributing to international Internet space governance.  

Dr. Robert E. Kahn, the father of the Internet, visited ZDNS to exchange the development of Internet domain name system
International Internet security technology
experts and ZDNS reached strategic cooperation
Ethiopian APNIC experts communicated with ZDNS experts
CONTACT
web@zdns.cn