[bc-gnso] RE: ICANN DNS L-Root announcements

["Baskin, James F \(Jim\)" <james.f.baskin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

BC Members,

All L-Root instances are anycast.  Here are the details from Joe Abley's 
response to my query.

Jim



> All L-Root instances mentioned in the two press releases are anycast 
> deployments of the L-Root server.



> The L-Root instance referred to in the April 4 announcement by RU-CENTER is 
> in Moscow, Russia.



> The L-Root instances referred to in the May announcement by Hostmaster are 
> all in Ukraine.



> You can see an accurate list of all locations where L-Root is deployed at 
> <http://www.root-servers.org/>. There are 100+ locations live today.


From: Baskin, James F (Jim)
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 3:17 PM
To: 'bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx'
Subject: ICANN DNS L-Root announcements

On a BC call about a month ago, I mentioned a question I had about a new 
instance of the ICANN L-Root that was mentioned in an ICANN announcement.  I 
did some research and determined that the Russian server mentioned in the April 
5 ICANN News Alert is a standard Anycast instance, and not an item that needs 
any special attention from the ICANN community.

Since the April 5 Alert there have been two other similar ICANN news items - 
one announcing 14 new L-Root instances implemented in Brazil and another 
regarding L-Root instances in the Ukraine.  The news item about Brazil 
specifically identified those servers as Anycast instances.

Just to clarify that all of the mentioned L-Root instances mentioned are 
Anycast-based, I sent a note to Joe Abley, ICANN's Director of DNS Operations, 
last week seeking confirmation.  As soon as I hear back from him, I will pass 
the confirmation along to the BC list.

Jim Baskin