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Asia Pac to host domain name root servers

By James Pearce, ZDNet Australia
November 19, 2002
URL: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/soa/Asia-Pac-to-host-domain-name-root-servers/0,139023166,120270042,00.htm

The Asia-Pacific will host more domain name root servers following a deal between a current root server host and a regional organisation that handles Internet registration and resource allocation.

The agreement, between the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) and the Internet Software Consortium (ISC), will see a number of root servers placed throughout the Asia Pacific region.

The move is designed to strengthen the domain name system (DNS), both by adding resources to handle increasing Internet traffic and providing further backup to protect against malicious assaults on the servers.

"Internet security is on everyone's minds these days, and the DNS infrastructure has been shown recently to be a real target," said Paul Wilson, director general of APNIC.

The new Asia Pacific servers will be mirrors of Root Server 'F', which is hosted by ISC and located in California.

The location of the new servers will be designed to reach the largest possible Internet user base, and the organisations hope that DNS queries will be answered locally for as many Internet Service Providers and possible.

At the moment, the only root server in the region is housed in Japan. There are two root servers in Europe, and the remaining 10 are housed in the United States.