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<section xml:id="end_of_life"><info><title>End of Life</title></info>
  <para>
    The end of life date for BIND 9.16 has not yet been determined.
    At some point in the future BIND 9.16 will be designated as an
    Extended Support Version (ESV).  Until then, the current ESV is
    BIND 9.11, which will be supported until at least December 2021.
  </para>
  <para>
    See
    <link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-00896">https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-00896</link>
    for details of ISC's software support policy.
  </para>
</section>
