Internet Software Consortium and the Moscow Internet Exchange Install The First Root Nameserver in Russia.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 2003 Internet Software Consortium (ISC) will install and operate the new F-root server in Moscow in conjunction with the Moscow Internet Exchange The Moscow Internet Exchange (MSK-IX) is an Internet Exchange Point in Moscow, Russia. MSK-IX is a neutral and independent entity, originally established in 1995 with a single location inside of the Moscow International Telephone Exchange (MSK-IX). The new server is a mirror of the F-root nameserver managed by ISC in the United States. Considering there are no other root nameservers in the region, the new server will dramatically increase the speed of accessing web addresses for users in Russia and the surrounding the region. As well as decreasing the country's dependency on foreign Internet connectivity. "We are thoroughly satisfied with the results of cooperation with ISC in installation of F-Root Name Server replication," says Elena Voronina, Director of MSK-IX. "Its location in Moscow leads to dramatically improved security and stability both for Russian and CIS Cis (sĭs), same as Kish (1.) (1) (CompuServe Information Service) See CompuServe. (2) (Card Information S networks, and consequently to efficiency and reliability of ISPs services. Moreover, it enables significant reduction of 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 response time and of international traffic. Also, it meets concern of Internet people in increasing safety worldwide, and thus serves the entire Internet community." Joao Damas, ISC Senior Programme Manager, added, "Russia is one of the world's largest economies and we are pleased to support the development of the Internet in Russia with the deployment of this root nameserver. With this installation, ISC has added 13 new F-root mirror nameservers in 2003. We are excited about the progress we have made with our deployment of F-root servers around the world and with our collaboration with the Moscow Internet Exchange in particular." 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. About MSK-IX The Moscow Internet Exchange (MSK-IX as a point) where inter-ISP traffic can be exchanged has been established in 1995 by a group of Moscow Internet Service Providers in order to interconnect and exchange IP traffic with each other and hence to improve connectivity and service for their customers. MSK-IX is the reliable, distributed network built on switched medium that consists of Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet switches currently present at eight locations in Moscow and connected to each other with Gigabit Ethernet technology. Supporting the growth of the local and regional ISP industry and helping to cope with the increasing amount of local Internet traffic, MSK-IX provides its today's participants with uncongested high-speed interconnections and, therefore, minimizes their dependency on upstream connections and international backbones. Nowadays, 120 ISPs connect to MSK-IX. Internet Service Providers willing to significantly improve the quality of the local connections for their users and thus the speed of accessing Internet resources are welcome to join the MSK-IX. For more information contact Elena Voronina, Director MSK-IX or visit www.msk-ix.ru 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. 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. The ISC's reference implementation of DHCP is the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, for all UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and UNIX-like systems including Linux and BSD. For more information contact Joao Damas, ISC Senior Programme Manager, at Joao_Damas@isc.org or visit www.isc.org |
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