Vantio™ Base Server is Nominum's next-generation intelligent caching DNS server that allows carriers to deliver value-added services that leverage DNS as a key control point in the network. Vantio is a cornerstone component of Nominum's Trusted Response and Universal Enforcement (TRUE) Architecture™ and based on the industries only carrier-proven caching name server technology. It delivers unsurpassed security, query performance and response time, and ultra high availability. Vantio is the only DNS platform that can be extended with optional Service Delivery Modules including Vantio NXR and Vantio MDR to enable new and differentiated services.

For existing CNS customers, Vantio offers quick and seamless replacement that preserves all the underlying benefits of the older platform while enhancing the DNS infrastructure with configurable, DNS-based services. For new customers currently relying on freeware or other alternative DNS implementations, deploying Vantio Base Server offers a substantial improvement in DNS security, as well as dramatically higher performance, and better reliability while preparing their network for new value-added services.

Nominum Vantio offers service providers:

• The industries most advanced defenses against DNS cache poisoning and other attacks.
• Query performance to meet the growing demands from Web 2.0 and new browsers that pre-fetch large numbers of domains as web pages are loaded
• Superior response time for real-time Internet applications that demand low latency - Performance headroom for years of growth in DNS traffic and resilience to massive Denial of Service (DoS) attacks
• Always-on DNS availability
• Easy extensibility with Service Delivery Modules for new DNS-based services
• Lower total cost of ownership, no need for hardware proliferation or ongoing hardware refresh
• Full DNS standards compliance and support for IPv6 and DNSSEC

Optional Vantio service delivery modules: 

• Vantio NXR: Enables Web error redirection services
• Vantio MDR: Services based on real time protection for subscribers against web threats such as phishing, malware alerts, blocking of illegal or inappropriate content, “rated Internet” and more