The roots of NLnet Labs have their origins in NLnet, but we have been completely independent organisations for over a decade.

NLnet supports organisations and people who contribute to an open internet for all. They fund projects that help fix the internet through open hardware, open software, open standards, open science and open data.

NLnet Labs develops free, liberally licensed, open-source software for DNS and BGP routing. We also perform research, develop standards and support the Internet community.