Internet Software Consortium and Canada's National Research Council deploy first Root server in Canada.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 2003 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. (Internet Software Consortium) and the National Research Council of Canada The National Research Council Canada (NRC) is Canada's leading organization for scientific research and development. History NRC was established in 1916, mainly to advise the government. Then, in the early 1930s, laboratories were built in Ottawa. (NRC NRC abbr. 1. National Research Council 2. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Noun 1. NRC - an independent federal agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants ) announce deployment of a new F-root server in Ottawa, Canada. NRC's contribution of equipment and network services combined with ISC's installation and operational expertise enabled the successful installation of the first root server in Canada. This server was installed as part of ISC's ongoing effort to increase the global footprint of its F-root server and thus increase the reliability of the 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 system worldwide. Currently most of Canada depends on a relatively small number of large carriers to reach root nameservers located outside the country. The new root nameserver in Ottawa provides direct, high-speed access to the DNS root for smaller, regional networks using direction interconnects and the Ottawa Internet Exchange (OttIX). The server will provide enhanced communication performance for the Canadian Federal Gigapop which interconnects most Canadian governmental networks, as well as improved service for the CA*Net 4, the high-speed experimental network infrastructure that connects Universities across Canada. "NRC has a rich tradition in creating technological advances in high-performance networking," stated Ross Ogilvie, Director Technology Services at NRC's Information Management Services Branch, "right from the early development of the national research network that emerged as Canada's first high-speed backbone, CA*net. We are very pleased to collaborate with ISC on this unique opportunity to help strengthen the underlying DNS matrix for the Internet, to benefit both research and commercial networks in Canada." Joao Damas, ISC Senior Programme Manager, added, "As we continue to deploy F-root servers around the globe we strengthen the Internet's resistance to attacks on its infrastructure. We are also able to collect more data helping us to identify and recognize the characteristics of future attacks on the DNS system. Each time we increase the survivability of the network in the event of future disruptive incidents." William F. Maton, Director of the Ottawa Internet Exchange (OttIX) commented, "OttIX welcomes the presence of an anycasted F-root server hosted in the nation's capitol. The important work the ISC is doing towards this in collaboration with the National Research Council of Canada will serve to strengthen the Internet infrastructure not only in Ottawa but potentially in Canada." About ISC ISC was founded in 1993 to develop and publish high quality reference implementations of core Internet protocols including DNS and DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) Software that automatically assigns temporary IP addresses to client stations logging into an IP network. It eliminates having to manually assign permanent "static" IP addresses. DHCP software runs in servers and routers. (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (protocol) Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol - (DHCP) A protocol that provides a means to dynamically allocate IP addresses to computers on a local area network. The system administrator assigns a range of IP addresses to DHCP and each client computer on the LAN has its TCP/IP ). ISC operates one of the 13 root DNS servers as a public service to the Internet. ISC has operated F.root-servers.net for IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, www.iana.org) An operating unit of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) that serves as a registry for both IP addresses and for a variety of protocol numbers. IANA is not an ISP and does not provide any network services. (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority See IANA. (body, networking) Internet Assigned Numbers Authority - (IANA) The central registry for various "assigned numbers": Internet Protocol parameters, such as port, protocol, and enterprise numbers; and options, codes, and types. ) since 1993. F answers more than 272 million DNS queries per day, making it one of the busiest DNS servers in the world. With this installation, ISC has deployed 11 mirrors of the F-root server around the world. F is a virtual server made up of multiple systems and runs ISC BIND 9 as its DNS server. ISC's DNS implementation, called BIND, was originally developed at UC Berkeley as part of the BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) The software distribution facility of the Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) of the University of California at Berkeley. (Berkeley Software Distribution (operating system) Berkeley Software Distribution - (BSD) A family of Unix versions developed by Bill Joy and others at the University of California at Berkeley, originally for the DEC VAX and PDP-11 computers, and subsequently ported to almost all modern general-purpose computers. ) system, and has subsequently been completely rewritten at ISC. Most DNS servers on the Internet run BIND or BIND-derived software. For more information visit www.isc.org. About NRC Recognized globally for research and innovation, Canada's National Research Council (NRC) is a leader in the development of an innovative, knowledge-based economy for Canada through science and technology. NRC is an agency of the Government of Canada The Government of Canada is the federal government of Canada. The powers and structure of the federal government are set out in the Constitution of Canada. In modern Canadian use, the term "government" (or "federal government") refers broadly to the cabinet of the day and , and has been active for more than 80 years. NRC's Information Management Services Branch (NRC-IMSB), which houses the server, provides leadership in the development of a world-class IT infrastructure and in the development of sound information management practices at NRC. |
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