DNS Root Servers Outside US Surpass Those Inside

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday January 28, 2004 @02:28PM from the world-a-big-place dept.

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.'"

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Re:This just in by cujo_1111 · 2004-01-28 14:30 · Score: 5, Insightful

Not according to the average American who thinks there is nothing outside the US except terrorists...

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Does it really matter though? by toddestan · 2004-01-28 14:34 · Score: 5, Insightful

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?