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+Copyright (C) Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
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+License, v. 2.0.  If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
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+
+This directory contains scripts, tools, and other useful accessories to
+BIND 9.  Contrib software is not supported by ISC, but reported bugs will
+be fixed as time permits.
+
+    - scripts/
+
+      Assorted useful scripts, including 'nanny' which monitors
+      named and restarts it in the event of a crash, 'zone-edit'
+      which enables editing of a dynamic zone, and others.
+
+    - dlz/modules
+
+      Dynamically linkable DLZ modules that can be configured into
+      named at runtime, enabling access to external data sources including
+      LDAP, MySQL, Berkeley DB, perl scripts, etc.
+
+Some links to useful software and other resources related to BIND 9 and
+DNS can be found at https://www.isc.org/dns-tools-and-resources.