Search Again: Re: Where are geographically the root servers? From: Men & Mice Support Date: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 Time: 11:58:00 pm At 7:22 PM +0100 11/10/99, webmaster wrote: >I guess QDNS (2.2.1) query to root servers by order, a,b,c.... >If i change the order in the configuration of QDNS, for example, >m,n,o,a,b,c... i suppose go first to "m", then "n" and so on. Is this >true? >Bacause i live in spain, so if one of the root servers is more near, the >access must be quick, and i will access to a root server not so busy, >like "a", "b", "c"... Is this true, too? > >So, if all i say it is true, Where are geographically the root servers? The root servers are distributed across the world, though a good portion of them are in the US. Some of them are hosted at NetSol, at least two are hosted by the US military, one (actually a RAIC) is hosted by isc.org (distributors of BIND), and so forth. I'm fairly certain at least two are in Europe, and one is in Japan. QuickDNS will start by querying all of the root servers. After that, except for occasional retrying of all of them, it will only use the most responsive root server. ____________________________________________________________________ Chris Buxton cbuxton@menandmice.com Men & Mice http://www.menandmice.com Makers of: QuickDNS Pro

Messages In This Thread: Where are geographically the root servers? by webmaster on Nov 10, 1999 at 6:22:00 pm Re: Where are geographically the root servers? by Men & Mice Support on Nov 10, 1999 at 11:58:00 pm Re: Where are geographically the root servers? by webmaster on Nov 12, 1999 at 9:01:00 am Re: Where are geographically the root servers? by Men & Mice Support on Nov 12, 1999 at 9:14:00 am