Internet Software Consortium and APNIC Install First Root Nameservers in Taiwan and Singapore.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 23, 2003 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. ) has installed a new F-root server anycast instance in Taipei, Taiwan and another F-root server anycast in Singapore in cooperation with APNIC APNIC Asia Pacific Network Information Centre APNIC Asia Pacific Network Information Center . The new servers are mirrors of the F-root nameserver managed by ISC in the United States. Joao Damas, ISC Senior Programme Manager, said, "ISC is happy to deploy these two new F-root mirrors in collaboration with APNIC, contributing to the growth of the Internet in the Asia Pacific region. The mirror in Taipei, which has been installed also in collaboration with TWNIC TWNIC Taiwan Network Information Center will make Taiwan's Internet more robust against intercontinental link failures and improve response times for initial 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 searches significantly." According to Paul Wilson, Director General of APNIC, "These deployments are the latest in our ongoing efforts to improve root services in this region, and bring the number of new servers we have supported in 2003 to five. These servers deliver substantial benefits directly to Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. in Taipei, Singapore, and the surrounding areas; but they also have significant impact on the health of the entire Internet." Damas added, "With the installation of the mirror in Singapore, ISC and APNIC are contributing to the increased resiliency and performance of the Internet in this important South East Asian economy." 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. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion