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Press Releases Nominum Helps APNIC Support Exponential Internet Infrastructure Growth Oct 9 2007 Internet Registry for Asia Pacific Deploys Nominum Authoritative Name Server to Meet Rigorous Security and Stability Requirements Redwood City, Calif., – October 9th, 2007 — Nominum, the leading provider of network naming and addressing solutions, announced today that APNIC, the Regional Internet Registry for the Asia Pacific region, has selected Nominum’s Foundation Authoritative Name Server (ANS) to meet its scalability, availability and industry standard support requirements. APNIC’s stated mission is to address the challenge of responsible Internet resource distribution in the Asia Pacific region. APNIC is responsible for allocating and assigning Internet Protocol (IP) address space (both IPv4 and IPv6) and Autonomous System (AS) numbers, and making "in-addr.arpa" domain delegations. The organization is committed to providing high-quality Internet resource management services to APNIC members. As part of the critical public Internet infrastructure, APNIC has stringent demands for authoritative name server performance, reliability and functionality. In evaluating solutions to handle the reverse IP-address to host-name mapping for the entire Asia Pacific region, APNIC sought a product that had high throughput and operational stability for both IPv6 and IPv4, and supported DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC). The ability to make zone alterations in real time and to reconfigure servers without lengthy server restart times was essential. Because some of APNIC’s servers are located in the busy Internet exchanges of Japan and Australia, it was also necessary to have exceptionally high throughput and very low response times in addition to high levels of availability. “Fast servers are crucial to our reputation. Since we implemented Nominum ANS, the CPU load on our busiest server has dropped by almost 70 percent; and the DNS server process start time, is now less than 30 seconds,” said Terry Manderson, APNIC’s network operations manager. “In less than two weeks, Nominum provided us with a tested, field-ready solution, and I haven't seen a comparable response from any other vendor.” “The Internet infrastructure continues to evolve, and the increased usage of broadband services in Asia pose scalability and operational challenges for Internet registries like APNIC,” said Tom Tovar, chief executive officer, Nominum. “Nominum’s Authoritative Name Server supports a growing infrastructure because it is specifically designed for organizations that require ‘always-on’ DNS, those that need to host large numbers of resource records and support multiple DNS zones, and those that need to support IPv6 and IPv4 simultaneously.” Nominum’s ANS was selected because it delivers very high performance in terms of query responses per second, and it can be configured and managed remotely without the need for downtime. About Nominum Nominum's network naming and addressing solutions power the world's largest always-on networks. Nominum is a global provider of ENUM-based IP-Application Routing Directory, DNS and DHCP solutions that enable communication providers to deliver high quality always-on broadband internet and innovative services to their customers, including VoIP, push to talk, fixed-mobile convergence, IPTV and triple-play. For further information, visit www.nominum.com. About APNIC APNIC is one of the world’s five currently operating Regional Internet Registries. It provides allocation and registration services that support the global operation of the Internet. It is a not-for-profit, membership-based organization whose members include Internet Service Providers, National Internet Registries, and similar organizations. APNIC represents the Asia Pacific region, comprising 56 economies.