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OARC, Inc.

Indianapolis, IN, UNITED STATESNon-profit corporationReg: 1357838102097-84Since 14/01/2026

Budget

€10 — €0

EP Access

0

accredited persons

Staff

1

0.1 FTE

EU Grants

None

Mission & Goals

The Domain Name System Operations Analysis and Research Center (DNS-OARC) is a non-profit, membership organization that seeks to improve the security, stability, and understanding of the Internet's DNS infrastructure. DNS-OARC's mission is: to build relationships among its community of members and facilitate an environment where information can be shared confidentially; to enable knowledge transfer by organizing workshops; to promote research with operational relevance through data collection and analysis; to increase awareness of the DNS's significance; and to offer useful, publicly available tools and services.

EU Legislative Interests

Multi-stakeholder Forum on Internet Standards Deployment effort to formulate best available standards and best practices around DNS Operations, and Network and Information Security Directive 2.

Communication Activities

Inform our community and membership of the EC-ISD-FORUM initiative and encouraged members to volunteer participation.

Interests Represented

Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Member Of

CENTR (www.centr.org) ARIN (www.arin.net) RIPE (www.ripe.net)

Organisation Members

https://www.dns-oarc.net/ - member list visible on right of page

Additional Information

OARC, Inc. helps promote Internet operational best practices, and as part of our participation in the Multi-stakeholder Forum on Internet Standards Deployment we estimate the costs associated with organising our members around this activity was less than €10,000 last year, but may increase this year if the initiative takes off. The previously entered figure was a mistake.

Commissioner Meetings

No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.