Netnod

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Netnod AB (previously Netnod Internet Exchange i Sverige AB) is a private limited company based in Stockholm, Sweden, that operates Internet exchange points (IXes) and manages one of the thirteen root name servers for the Domain Name System (DNS). It also distributes the official Swedish time through Network Time Protocol (NTP). It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the nonprofit Stiftelsen för Telematikens utveckling (Foundation for the Development of Telematics), or TU-stiftelsen (TU Foundation). The predecessor to the TU Foundation and Netnod was D-GIX, an IX that was established at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm and operated by KTHNOC. D-GIX had been one of the first IXes established in Europe, and quite successful at that. In 1996 a report by a committee, (Swedish: Internetutredningen) had listed infrastructure that was critical for the operation of the Internet in Sweden. Among the critical infrastructure listed was a robust and reliable Internet exchange. A number of factors led KTH as well as the Swedish Internet service providers (ISPs) to conclude that a separate legal entity would be a better operational format. After legal consultations, and seeing that the Swedish government seemed keen to play a role in the infrastructure operations, the Swedish ISPs decided to found the TU Foundation. The initial capital came from a government set up foundation, the Foundation for Knowledge and Capacity Building, , one of the largest Swedish research foundations.