DNS.Zone.RootHint (DNS v0.4.1)

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DNS Root Hint

Root Servers

The authoritative name servers that serve the DNS root zone, commonly known as the “root servers”, are a network of hundreds of servers in many countries around the world. They are configured in the DNS root zone as 13 named authorities, as follows.

List of Root Servers

HostnameIP AddressesOperator
a.root-servers.net198.41.0.4, 2001:503:ba3e::2:30Verisign, Inc.
b.root-servers.net170.247.170.2, 2801:1b8:10::bUniversity of Southern California, Information Sciences Institute
c.root-servers.net192.33.4.12, 2001:500:2::cCogent Communications
d.root-servers.net199.7.91.13, 2001:500:2d::dUniversity of Maryland
e.root-servers.net192.203.230.10, 2001:500:a8::eNASA (Ames Research Center)
f.root-servers.net192.5.5.241, 2001:500:2f::fInternet Systems Consortium, Inc.
g.root-servers.net192.112.36.4, 2001:500:12::d0dUS Department of Defense (NIC)
h.root-servers.net198.97.190.53, 2001:500:1::53US Army (Research Lab)
i.root-servers.net192.36.148.17, 2001:7fe::53Netnod
j.root-servers.net192.58.128.30, 2001:503:c27::2:30Verisign, Inc.
k.root-servers.net193.0.14.129, 2001:7fd::1RIPE NCC
l.root-servers.net199.7.83.42, 2001:500:9f::42ICANN
m.root-servers.net202.12.27.33, 2001:dc3::35WIDE Project

Summary

Functions

data_dir()

links()

nameservers()

root_hints()

root_hints_text()