APNIC and ISC Install the First Root Nameserver in China.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BRISBANE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2003 The Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC APNIC Asia Pacific Network Information Centre APNIC Asia Pacific Network Information Center ) and 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. ) have installed a new F-root server anycast instance in Beijing in cooperation with China Telecom and the Beijing Internet Exchange See IXP and NAP. which is run by China Netcom China Netcom, full name China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited, abbreviated CNC, was originally formed in August 1999 by the People's Republic of China government to enable inward investments to build high speed Internet communications in the country. Corporation (CNC (Computerized Numerical Control) See numerical control. CNC - Collaborative Networked Communication ). The new server is a mirror of the F-root nameserver managed by ISC in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Despite being the world's most populous country, China has never enjoyed the benefits of a local root nameserver A root name server is a DNS server that answers requests for the root namespace domain, and redirects requests for a particular top-level domain (TLD) to that TLD's nameservers. , and this development will bring dramatic improvements in speed and reliability to Internet users in Beijing, China and the surrounding region. According to Paul Wilson, Director General of APNIC, this is one of the most important Internet infrastructure developments in the Asia Pacific region, in recent years. "APNIC is now allocating more IP addresses to China than to any other country, and this rate of growth will continue for many years. This rootserver deployment will support that growth and benefit the Chinese Internet community, and I am very glad of APNIC's role in such an important development." Joao Damas, ISC Senior Programme Manager, added, "China is the world's most populated country and we are excited to be working with APNIC supporting the development of the Internet in China with the deployment of this root nameserver. With this installation, ISC has added 13 new F-root mirror nameservers in 2003." The new server will store a series of information for identifying domain names that are included at the end of web addresses, for example '.' or '.com'. This enables it to find sites immediately in the region or to direct users to the other relevant servers located in other countries. For example, users in Beijing and the surrounding region have noticed a fifteen-fold improvement in response time. In addition, the new server will also decrease the country's dependency on foreign Internet connectivity. |
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