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
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: 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: 36

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; Porto Alegre, BR; Yerevan, AM
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; 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, GU, 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: 7
Global: 7
Local: 0

Los Angeles, CA, US *; Miami, FL, US *; Prague, CZ *; Johannesburg, ZA *; Cape Town, ZA *; Crete, GR *; Sao Paolo, BR *
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: 208

Notes:
* indicates IPv6 capable sites
bold indicates global sites