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DNS Root Servers Outside US Surpass Those Inside
penciling_in writes "Paul Rendek, head of member services and communica of RIPE Network
Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC) has
reported on CircleID that: 'For the first time in Internet history the
number of instances of DNS root servers outside the United States has overtaken
the number within. The balance was tipped by the recent launch in Frankfurt of
an anycast instance of the RIPE
NCC operated K-root server.' In
the same report, Daniel Karrenberg, Chief Scientist of the RIPE NCC says:
'We monitor the quality of the root name service from more than 50
locations worldwide, and we publish the results for everyone to see.'"
Not according to the average American who thinks there is nothing outside the US except terrorists...
If I point out that you are incorrect, making me a foe does not make you any more correct.
Sure, there may be more DNS root servers outside the US, but it would seem that Verisign still has exclusive rights to muck around with them. So what's the big deal?
Cool. This is as it should be, too.. As the rest of the world gets on the net, we'll se the US further down the list, I'm sure.
I've also found it sad that while the internet is a global service, many TLDs (namely .gov .edu) are US centric. Some countries right now use a .gov.TLDcc title for their government uses, I don't see why it couldn't have been .TLDcc.gov.
" imbalance of the internet towards the US has always bothered me"
Don't worry the rest of the world will catch up. Just like telephone networks, automobiles and transistors the internet will follow the usual pattern of:
1. US Invents it
2. US then screws it up
3. Other countries improve on methods and make superior products
4. US consumers flock to the improved, cheaper products
5. US companies create something new to get people to 'Buy American'
6. Follow 2 - 6
I'm guessing that the reason we Americans go from a technological breakthrough to wondering why the hell everyone buys the product from overseas is we're either to arrogant and set in our ways, we spent a lot of $$$$ being early adopters and now the technology we use is antiquated just as the rest of the world adopts it, or a combo of the two.
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Well, because most things users have dealings with operate by hostnames, rather than IP addresses?
Even more so when IPv6 comes in. Besides, unless you're a masochist, I bet your mail client has SMTP: mail..com, rather than it's IP?
Did you come to slashdot.org, or 66.35.250.150?
Thought so.
David
Other countries might not speak english, but they still get assigned english TLDs, so x.gov wouldn't be a stretch. For example, why is Japan .jp instead of .nh, when germany got .dk?
DNS converts the name (e.g. www.studentprogress.info) into an IP addy (65.49.199.172). Without DNS, the internet would be like the phone with no phone book.... no way to find the number of the person/company you want to call... and in internet terms, no way to find the IP address of the website you want. Think about it.... would you (and many users who are new to computers/the internet) find it easier to remember www.studentprogress.info or 65.49.199.172? My guess would be the hostnames.
There's no place like localhost
But where would the automobile be if it were not for mass production?
So what?
He said invent, not popularise.
I am well aware that the U.S. is good at industrialising other counties inventions.