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Dear BC Members,<br>
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Please find below an ICANN announcement on New L-root DNS Server.<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Kind Regards,
Benedetta Rossi
BC Secretariat
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href="https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-18may12-en.htm">https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-18may12-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">New L-Root DNS Server Enhances DNS Fault
Tolerance and Resistance to DDoS Attacks<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="date-display-single"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">18 May 2012</span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">A new instance of L-Root has been installed in
Odessa, Ukraine, increasing the Domain Name System's (DNS)
overall fault tolerance and its resilience against certain
types of cyber threats, such as Distributed Denial of Service
(DDoS) attacks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">The launch of the server node is a joint
operation between ICANN and Ukrainian domain registry
Hostmaster. DNS Root Servers form a key part of the Internet
infrastructure that contribute to the global security and
stability of the DNS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">"Odessa is one of the largest Ukrainian cities,
with one of the highest Internet penetration rates in the
country," said Dmitry Kohmanyuk, a Hostmaster official.
"Moreover, the Internet provider we opted for has quality
connections to Western Ukraine, which is precisely why we
decided to deploy the node there."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">Hostmaster, the Ukrainian administrator of the
.UA domain, supplied the equipment necessary for the
installation of the new L-Root node.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">"In addition to the newest L-Root server in
Odessa, two other L-Root nodes, in Kyiv and Kharkiv, were also
deployed through collaboration between ICANN and Hostmaster."
said Joe Abley, Director of DNS Operations at ICANN."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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