APNIC Announces New Internet Root Servers in the Asia Pacific; Taipei and Singapore Next to Receive Critical Internet Infrastructure Services.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BRISBANE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2003 APNIC APNIC Asia Pacific Network Information Centre APNIC Asia Pacific Network Information Center , the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre, is pleased to announce the deployment next month of 2 new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. root nameservers in the Asia Pacific region. The servers, mirrors of the F-root, will be installed in Taipei and Singapore, bringing to 5 the total number of new root nameservers deployed by APNIC during 2003. Root nameservers provide the critical "root" lookup service to the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS (Domain Name System) A system for converting host names and domain names into IP addresses on the Internet or on local networks that use the TCP/IP protocol. For example, when a Web site address is given to the DNS either by typing a URL in a browser or behind the ), which is accessed every time an Internet user Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f visits a website, sends an email or sends an instant message. The proximity of a local server directly affects the speed and efficiency of access to Internet services, but until this year, there was only one root server in the entire Asia Pacific region. Earlier in 2003, servers were installed in Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , Seoul and, most recently in Beijing. All installations are supported entirely by APNIC, local hosts and partners, and there is no commercial or other return. Since deployment, the Seoul server has become the most active outside of the USA, now processing over 1000 queries a second; while the Beijing server has provided a 15-fold improvement in DNS access times to local Internet users. The 5 new servers installed during 2003 are "mirrors" of the F-Root server, and are operated directly by the Internet Software Consortium (ISC (1) (Internet Systems Consortium, Redwood City, CA www.isc.org) An organization founded by Paul Vixie, Carl Malamud and Rick Adams in 1994 and later sponsored by UUNET and other Internet companies. ), of the USA, which has overall responsibility for all F-Root servers. APNIC and ISC have worked together on all F-Root servers so-far installed, under a cooperative agreement aimed at improving Asia Pacific Internet infrastructure. APNIC has a similar agreement with the operators of I-Root (Autonomica of Sweden) and will be installing I-Root servers in the course of the coming year. These will provide additional diversity and resilience to an even wider constituency, bringing Asia Pacific DNS infrastructure into line with the rest of the world. About APNIC APNIC is one of four regional Internet registries A regional Internet registry (RIR) is an organization overseeing the allocation and registration of Internet number resources within a particular region of the world. Resources include IP addresses (both IPv4 and IPv6) and autonomous system numbers (for use in BGP routing). in the world, responsible for allocation and registration of IP addresses in the Asia Pacific region. APNIC is a not-for-profit, industry self-regulatory association, open to participation by all interested parties. |
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