Root Server Technical Operations Assn

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See also: AS112 · presentations

The root hints file (named.cache, root.ca, root.hints, ...) can be obtained via IANA's page for popular links.

The root zone will be DNSSEC signed in July 2010

The deployment of the signed root zone is happening now, with some of the root servers already providing signed responses. Though not yet useful for validation purposes these signed responses are larger than unsigned responses and this may have operational impact for resolvers.

More information on the deployment of the signed root zone and how to send feedback at: http://www.root-dnssec.org

News

Date Subject
2010-01-27 l.root-servers.net starts to serve DURZ
2009-12-15 Root zone DNSSEC deployment web site launched
2008-01-30 6 AAAAs of [afhjkm].root-servers.net in the root zone effective in 2008-02-04
2008-01-22 New IPv6 service address for f.root-servers.net. (2001:500:2f::f)
2007-11-01 New IP address for l.root-servers.net. (199.7.83.42)
2004-01-29 New IP address for b.root-servers.net. (192.228.79.201)

Presentations

Date Occasion
2003-03-24 GAC meeting during ICANN meeting in Rio de Janeiro (PDF)
2003-12-09 WSIS meeting in Geneva (PDF)
ALL Complete list of presentations

ServerOperatorLocationsIP AddressesAS Number
AVeriSign, Inc.Sites: 6
Global: 6
Local: 0

Los Angeles, CA, US; New York, NY, US *; Frankfurt, DE; Hong Kong, HK; Palo Alto, CA, US *; Ashburn, VA, US *
IPv4: 198.41.0.4
IPv6: 2001:503:BA3E::2:30
19836
BInformation Sciences InstituteSites: 1
Global: 0
Local: 1

Earth
IPv4: 192.228.79.201
IPv6: 2001:478:65::53
none
CCogent CommunicationsSites: 6
Global: 6
Local: 0

Herndon, VA, US; Los Angeles, CA, US; New York, NY, US; Chicago, IL, US; Frankfurt, DE; Madrid, ES
IPv4: 192.33.4.122149
DUniversity of MarylandSites: 1
Global: 1
Local: 0

College Park, MD, US
IPv4: 128.8.10.9027
ENASA Ames Research CenterSites: 1
Global: 1
Local: 0

Mountain View, CA, US
IPv4: 192.203.230.10297
FInternet Systems Consortium, Inc.Sites: 49
Global: 2
Local: 47

Ottawa, Canada *; Palo Alto, CA, US *; San Jose, CA, US; New York, NY, US *; San Francisco, CA, US *; Madrid, ES; Hong Kong, HK; Los Angeles, CA, US *; Rome, Italy; Auckland, NZ *; Sao Paulo, BR; Beijing, CN; Seoul, KR *; Moscow, RU *; Taipei, TW; Dubai, AE; Paris, FR *; Singapore, SG; Brisbane, AU *; Toronto, CA *; Monterrey, MX; Lisbon, PT *; Johannesburg, ZA; Tel Aviv, IL; Jakarta, ID; Munich, DE *; Osaka, JP *; Prague, CZ *; Amsterdam, NL *; Barcelona, ES *; Nairobi, KE; Chennai, IN; London, UK *; Santiago de Chile, CL; Dhaka, BD; Karachi, PK; Torino, IT; Chicago, IL, US *; Buenos Aires, AR; Caracas, VE; Oslo, NO *; Panama, PA; Quito, EC; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia *; Suva, Fiji; Cairo, Egypt; Atlanta, GA, US; Podgorica, ME; St. Maarten, AN *
IPv4: 192.5.5.241
IPv6: 2001:500:2f::f
3557
GU.S. DOD Network Information CenterSites: 6
Global: 6
Local: 0

Columbus, OH, US; San Antonio, TX, US; Honolulu, HI, US; Fussa, JP; Stuttgart-Vaihingen, DE; Naples, IT
IPv4: 192.112.36.45927
HU.S. Army Research LabSites: 1
Global: 1
Local: 0

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, US *
IPv4: 128.63.2.53
IPv6: 2001:500:1::803f:235
13
IAutonomicaSites: 34

Stockholm, SE; Helsinki, FI; Milan, IT; London, UK; Geneva, CH; Amsterdam, NL; Oslo, NO; Bangkok, TH; Hong Kong, HK; Brussels, BE; Frankfurt, DE; Ankara, TR; Bucharest, RO; Chicago, IL, US; Washington, DC, US; Tokyo, JP; Kuala Lumpur, MY; Palo Alto, CA, US; Jakarta, ID; Wellington, NZ; Johannesburg, ZA; Perth, AU; San Francisco, CA, US; Singapore, SG; Miami, FL, US; Ashburn, VA, US; Mumbai, IN; Beijing, CN; Manila, PH; Doha, QA; Colombo, LK; Vienna, AT; Paris, FR; Taipei, TW
IPv4: 192.36.148.1729216
JVeriSign, Inc.Sites: 70
Global: 63
Local: 5

Dulles, VA, US (2 sites); Dulles, VA, US (1 sites); Ashburn, VA, US *; Miami, FL, US; Atlanta, GA, US; Seattle, WA, US; Chicago, IL, US; New York, NY, US *; Honolulu, HI, US; Mountain View, CA, US (1 sites); Mountain View, CA, US (1 sites); San Francisco, CA, US (2 sites) *; Dallas, TX, US; Amsterdam, NL; London, UK; Stockholm, SE (2 sites); Tokyo, JP; Seoul, KR; Beijing, CN; Singapore, SG; Dublin, IE; Kaunas, LT; Nairobi, KE; Montreal, CA; Perth, AU; Sydney, AU; Cairo, EG; Cairo, EG; Warsaw, PL (2 sites); Brasilia, BR; Sao Paulo, BR; Sofia, BG; Prague, CZ; Johannesburg, ZA; Toronto, CA; Buenos Aires, AR; Madrid, ES; Fribourg, CH; Hong Kong, HK (2 sites); Turin, IT; Mumbai, IN; Oslo, NO; Brussels, BE; Paris, FR (2 sites); Helsinki, FI; Frankfurt, DE; Riga, LV; Milan, IT; Rome, IT; Lisbon, PT; San Juan, PR; Edinburgh, UK; Tallin, EE; Taipei, TW; New York, NY, US *; Palo Alto, CA, US *; Anchorage, US; Moscow, RU; Manila, PH; Kuala Lumpur, MY; Luxembourg City, LU; Guam, US; Vancouver, CA; Wellington, NZ
IPv4: 192.58.128.30
IPv6: 2001:503:C27::2:30
26415
KRIPE NCCSites: 18
Global: 5
Local: 13

London, UK *; Amsterdam, NL *; Frankfurt, DE; Athens, GR *; Doha, QA; Milan, IT *; Reykjavik, IS *; Helsinki, FI *; Geneva, CH *; Poznan, PL; Budapest, HU *; Abu Dhabi, AE; Tokyo, JP; Brisbane, AU *; Miami, FL, US *; Delhi, IN; Novosibirsk, RU; Dar es Salaam, TZ
IPv4: 193.0.14.129
IPv6: 2001:7fd::1
25152
LICANNSites: 3
Global: 3
Local: 0

Los Angeles, CA, US *; Miami, FL, US *; Prague, CZ *
IPv4: 199.7.83.42
IPv6: 2001:500:3::42
20144
MWIDE ProjectSites: 6
Global: 5
Local: 1

Tokyo, JP (3 sites) *; Seoul, KR; Paris, FR *; San Francisco, CA, US *
IPv4: 202.12.27.33
IPv6: 2001:dc3::35
7500

Servers in total: 202

Notes:
* indicates IPv6 capable sites
bold indicates global sites