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.

News

Date Subject
2012-12-14 D-Root IPv4 Address to be Renumbered
2011-07-11 Analysis of Increased Query Load on Root Name Servers
2011-06-10 IPv6 service address for d.root-servers.net (2001:500:2D::D)
2010-07-15 DNSSEC trust anchor for root zone published
2010-06-17 AAAA of i.root-servers.net in the root zone
2010-05-05 j.root-servers.net starts to serve DURZ
2010-04-14 [bcfgh].root-servers.net start to serve DURZ
2010-03-24 [dke].root-servers.net start to serve DURZ
2010-03-17 Serving the signed ARPA zone
2010-03-03 [im].root-servers.net start to serve DURZ
2010-02-10 a.root-servers.net starts to serve DURZ
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: 8
Global: 8
Local: 0

Los Angeles, CA, US *; New York, NY, US *; Frankfurt, DE *; Hong Kong, HK; Palo Alto, CA, US *; Ashburn, VA, US *; London, UK *; Stockholm, SE *
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: 8
Global: 8
Local: 0

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

College Park, MD, US *
IPv4: 199.7.91.13
IPv6: 2001:500:2D::D
27
ENASA Ames Research CenterSites: 12
Global: 1
Local: 11

Mountain View, CA, US; Sydney, AU; Cape Town, ZA; Tokyo, JP; Brussels, BE; London, UK; San Paulo, BR; Atlanta, GA, US; Chicago, IL, US; New York, NY, US; Seattle, WA, US; Los Angeles, CA, US
IPv4: 192.203.230.10297
FInternet Systems Consortium, Inc.Sites: 57
Global: 5
Local: 52

Auckland, NZ *; Amsterdam, NL *; Atlanta, GA, US *; Barcelona, ES *; Brisbane, AU *; Cairo, EG; Caracas, VE *; Paris, FR *; Jakarta, ID *; Dhaka, BD *; Dar es Salaam, TZ *; Dubai, AE; Buenos Aires, AR; Frankfurt, DE *; Sao Paulo, BR *; Hong Kong, HK *; Johannesburg, ZA *; Kyiv, UA *; Karachi, PK; Osaka, JP; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia *; Los Angeles, CA, US *; London, UK (2 sites) *; New York, NY, US *; Lisbon, PT *; Lagos, NG; Chennai, IN; Madrid, ES; Monterrey, MX; Nairobi, KE; Chicago, IL, US *; Oslo, NO *; Palo Alto, CA, US *; Port au Prince, HT; Beijing, CN *; Phnom Penh, KH *; Prague, CZ *; Panama, PA; Rome, IT; Santiago de Chile, CL *; Seoul, KR *; Singapore, SG *; San Jose, CA, US *; San Jose, CR; Suva, Fiji; Moscow, RU *; St. Maarten, AN *; Podgorica, ME; Tel Aviv, IL; Taipei, TW; Torino, IT; Quito, EC *; Ulan Bator, MN; Warsaw, PL; Ottawa, Canada; Toronto, CA *
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: 2
Global: 2
Local: 0

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, US *; San Diego, CA, US *
IPv4: 128.63.2.53
IPv6: 2001:500:1::803f:235
13
INetnod (formerly Autonomica)Sites: 43

Stockholm, SE *; Helsinki, FI; Milan, IT *; London, UK *; Geneva, CH *; Amsterdam, NL (2 sites) *; Oslo, NO *; Bangkok, TH *; Hong Kong, HK *; Brussels, BE *; Frankfurt, DE *; Ankara, TR *; Bucharest, RO *; Chicago, IL, US; Washington, DC, US; Tokyo, JP (2 sites) *; Kuala Lumpur, MY *; Palo Alto, CA, US *; Jakarta, ID; Wellington, NZ; Johannesburg, ZA *; Perth, AU *; Singapore, SG; Miami, FL, US; Mumbai, IN; Beijing, CN; Manila, PH; Doha, QA *; Colombo, LK *; Vienna, AT *; Paris, FR *; Taipei, TW *; Porto Alegre, BR; Yerevan, AM *; Thimphu, BT *; Manama, BH; Karachi, PK; Tallinn, EE *; Kiev, UA *; Ulaanbaatar, MN *; Lulea, SE
IPv4: 192.36.148.17
IPv6: 2001:7fe::53
29216
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; Tallinn, EE; Taipei, TW; New York, NY, US *; Palo Alto, CA, US *; Anchorage, US; Moscow, RU; Manila, PH; Kuala Lumpur, MY; Luxembourg City, LU; Guam, GU, US; Vancouver, CA; Wellington, NZ
IPv4: 192.58.128.30
IPv6: 2001:503:C27::2:30
26415
KRIPE NCCSites: 17
Global: 5
Local: 12

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
IPv4: 193.0.14.129
IPv6: 2001:7fd::1
25152
LICANNSites: 143

Ezeiza, Argentina *; Yerevan, Armenia *; Mascot, Australia (2 sites) *; Brisbane, Queensland, Australia *; Perth, Western Australia, Australia (2 sites) *; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia *; Vienna, Austria *; Baku, Azerbaijan *; Al Muharraq, Bahrain *; Dhaka, Bangladesh *; Brussels, Belgium (2 sites) *; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil *; Salvador, Bahia, Brazil *; Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil *; Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil *; Sao Paulo, Brazil *; Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil *; Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil *; Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, Brazil *; Belem, Para, Brazil *; Londrina, Parana, Brazil *; Curitiba, Parana, Brazil *; Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil *; Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil *; Campinas, Sao Paulo State, Brazil *; Sofia, Bulgaria *; Mississauga, Ontario, Canada (2 sites) *; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (2 sites) *; Toronto, Ontario, Canada *; Vancouver, Canada *; Santiago, Chile *; Concepcion, Biobio Region, Chile *; Bogota, Colombia (2 sites) *; Prague, Czech Republic *; Abidjan, Ivory Coast *; Bouake, Ivory Coast *; Copenhagen, Denmark *; Quito, Ecuador *; Cairo, Egypt *; Tallinn, Estonia *; Tampere / Pirkkala, Finland *; Lyon, France *; Marseille, France *; Paris, France *; Paris-Orly, Paris, France *; St Denis, Reunion, France *; Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia *; Berlin, Germany *; Hamburg, Germany *; Munich, Bavaria, Germany *; Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany *; Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany *; Heraklion, Crete, Greece *; Saint George, Grenada *; Hagatna, Guam *; Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong *; Jakarta, Java, Indonesia *; Dublin, Ireland *; Turin, Italy *; Narita, Japan *; Tokyo, Honshu, Japan *; Semey, Kazakhstan *; Nairobi, Kenya *; Beirut, Lebanon *; Luxembourg-Findel, Luxembourg *; Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico *; Maputo, Mozambique *; Kathmandu, Nepal *; Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands *; Noumea, New Caledonia *; Christchurch, New Zealand *; Mangere, New Zealand (2 sites) *; Wellington, New Zealand *; Ullensaker, Norway *; Muscat, Oman *; Porto, Portugal *; Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea *; Beijing, Peoples Republic of China (2 sites) *; Callao, Peru *; Metro Manila, Philippines *; Warsaw, Poland *; Moscow, Russia *; Dammam, Saudi Arabia *; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia *; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia *; Dakar, Senegal *; Changi, Singapore *; Honiara, Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands *; Cape Town, South Africa (2 sites) *; Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa *; Incheon, South Korea (2 sites) *; El Prat de Llobregat, Spain *; Malmo, Sweden *; Stockholm, Sweden *; Geneva, Switzerland *; Zurich, Switzerland *; Tunis, Tunisia *; Ankara, Turkey *; Istanbul, Turkey (3 sites) *; Kharkiv, Ukraine *; Kiev, Ukraine *; Odessa, Ukraine *; Leeds, United Kingdom *; Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom *; Anchorage, Alaska, United States *; Saginaw Bay, Alaska, United States *; Phoenix, Arizona, United States *; Burbank, California, United States *; Los Angeles, California, United States (2 sites) *; San Jose, California, United States *; San Jose, Costa Rica *; Santa Ana, California, United States *; Denver, Colorado, United States *; Jacksonville, Florida, United States *; Melbourne, Florida, United States *; Miami, Florida, United States (2 sites) *; Atlanta, Georgia, United States (2 sites) *; Honolulu, Hawaii, United States *; Chicago, Illinois, United States *; Boston, Massachusetts, United States (2 sites) *; New York City, New York, United States *; Portland, Oregon, United States *; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States *; Culpeper, Virginia, United States *; SeaTac, Washington, United States *; Montevideo, Uruguay *; Sanaa, Yemen *
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: 374

Notes:
* indicates IPv6 capable sites
bold indicates global sites