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</v:background></xml><![endif]--><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>BC Members,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All L-Root instances are anycast. Here are the details from Joe Abley’s response to my query.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jim <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> All L-Root instances mentioned in the two press releases are anycast deployments of the L-Root server.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> The L-Root instance referred to in the April 4 announcement by RU-CENTER is in Moscow, Russia.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> The L-Root instances referred to in the May announcement by Hostmaster are all in Ukraine.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> You can see an accurate list of all locations where L-Root is deployed at <<a href="http://www.root-servers.org/">http://www.root-servers.org/</a>>. There are 100+ locations live today.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Baskin, James F (Jim) <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 21, 2012 3:17 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'bc-gnso@icann.org'<br><b>Subject:</b> ICANN DNS L-Root announcements<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jim Baskin<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>