Open Root Server Network

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Open Root Server Network (ORSN) is a network of Domain Name System root nameservers for the Internet.
ORSN DNS root zone information is normally kept in synchronization with the "official" Domain Name System root nameservers coordinated by ICANN. The networks are thus 100% compatible, though ORSN is operated independently. The ORSN servers are primarily placed in Europe. ORSN is also used by public name servers, providing Domain Name System access freely for everyone, without any limitation.

ORSN was primarily started to reduce the over-dependence of Internet users on the United States and Department of Commerce/IANA/ICANN/VeriSign, limit the control over the Internet that this gives, while ensuring that domain names remain unambiguous. And to avoid the technical possibility of global "Internet shutdown" by one party.^[1]
They also expect their network to make domain name resolutions faster for everyone.

Markus Grundmann, Germany is the founder of ORSN, and author of ORSN distributed system management and monitoring software solution.

Paul Vixie, the main designer of BIND, the UNIX de facto standard DNS server, is a high-profile proponent of the ORSN.^[2]
Paul Vixie is member of Security and Stability Advisory Committee of ICANN,^[3] he served on the Board of Trustees of the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) from 2005 to 2013, also as ARIN chairman in 2009 and 2010.^[4]

ORSN has 2 operating modes:

• ICANN BASED (default) operating mode involves daily synchronization, except that removed TLDs are not removed from the ORSN root.


• INDEPENDENT mode has no automatic synchronization and is activated "whenever the political situation of the world - in our opinion - makes this step necessary because the possibility of a modification and/or a downtime of the ICANN root zone exists or we do not want that our root zone will rebuild automatically."^[5]

ORSN operated from February 2002 until the end of 2008.^[6] ORSN operates again since June 2013.^[7]
Several Internet service providers in Europe used ORSN as a root for their name servers.^{[citation needed]}

Contents

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  1 ORSN root nameservers
  


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  2 ORSN Public DNS Servers
  


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  3 See also
  


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  4 References
  


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  5 External links
  

ORSN root nameservers

ORSN root server system consists of 13 root servers, a distributed system connected on a secure VPN, for synchronization and management.
All of the 13 servers are running on FreeBSD and BIND.
Monitoring and management daemon was developed by founder, Markus Grundmann.

Letter	IP Country	IPv4 Address	IPv6 Address	Operator / Sponsor
A	Austria	185.29.88.82	2a00:a6a0:1:1::6:2	XINON GmbH, St. Anna am Aigen, Austria
B	Poland	91.206.27.66	2001:67c:2044:c139::53	HosTeam S.C., Poznań, Poland
C	Germany	178.19.70.8	2a01:440:1:f:178:19:70:8	whTec, Oberhausen, Germany
D	Netherlands	85.17.122.15	2001:1af8:40e0:a007:bbb::	Mr. Ömer Canıtez
E	Denmark			Zen Systems A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark
F	Germany	212.224.71.116	2a01:7e0:0:100:212:224:71:116	First Colo GmbH, Munich, Germany
G	Greece	193.93.165.1		Association for the Development of West Athens (ASDA), Athens, Greece
H	France	188.165.175.112	2001:41d0:2:5a70::c0de	Mr. Péter Vámos, Budapest, Hungary
I	India	180.149.57.12		National Knowledge Network, New Delhi, India
J	Germany	188.138.82.98		3Q Medien GmbH, Potsdam, Germany
K	Germany	82.206.1.22	2001:4b88:9000::	Titan Networks GmbH, Hofheim, Germany
L	Netherlands	79.99.236.6		JustNet GmbH, Baden, Switzerland
M	Germany	82.193.249.196		Markus Grundmann, Founder of ORSN, Germany

table data from ORSN Root Zone^[8] Version: 2015022600
ORSN Root Server Systems Technical Information

ORSN Public DNS Servers

ORSN Public DNS Servers are operated by the community of ORSN, providing Domain Name System access freely for everyone, without any limitation. ORSN public DNS servers are intended to respect privacy and should not log usage, although these servers are run independently and there is no technical means by which ORSN can enforce this. Anyone may choose to run a OSRN public DNS server and submit it via web form. These DNS servers are an alternative option for users that don't have a local ORSN-ready server or in the case that the local ISP doesn't support the use of ORSN. All registered servers are monitored constantly, for availability and functionality.^[9]

FQDN	IP Country	IPv4 Address	IPv6 Address	Operator / Sponsor
ns0.freeinfosociety.org	France	188.165.175.115	2001:41d0:2:5a70::1	Mr. Péter Vámos, Budapest, Hungary
ns1.freeinfosociety.org	France	37.187.23.23	2001:41d0:a:1717::1	Mr. Péter Vámos, Budapest, Hungary
ns2.freeinfosociety.org	France	37.187.99.178	2001:41d0:a:23b2::1	Mr. Péter Vámos, Budapest, Hungary
ns01.ch.orsn.it-schwerin.de	Switzerland	178.209.50.232	2a02:418:6a04:178:209:50:232:cafe	Mr. Daniel Pajonzeck
orsn-ns01.zirkumflex.net	Germany	84.200.83.54	2001:1608:10:102::acab	Mr. Daniel Thielemann
orsn-ns.godau.eu	Germany	109.230.224.42	2a02:d40:3:1:ac11:71ff:feee:41b3	Mr. Jens Godau
orsn-ns2.godau.eu	Germany	87.118.126.225	2001:1b60:3:267:3436:21:0:1	Mr. Jens Godau
orsn.dnscache.cyborg-connect.de	Germany	37.187.193.30		Cyborg-Connect.de
orsn-ns01.first-colo.de	Germany	212.224.71.71	2a01:7e0::212:224:71:71	First Colo GmbH
orsn-ns02.first-colo.nl	Netherlands	79.133.62.62		First Colo GmbH

ORSN Public DNS data last updated on 22 July 2017.

source: Official ORSN Public DNS live data and monitoring.

See also

• Alternative DNS root


• Domain Name System


• Public recursive name servers


• Root nameserver

References

1. 
   ^ http://tfl09.blogspot.hu/2006/09/orsn-european-open-root-server-network.html
   


2. 
   ^ Why I Am Participating in the ORSN Project, by Paul Vixie
   


3. 
   ^ ICANN SSAC Membership
   


4. 
   ^ Former Members of ARIN Board of Trustees
   


5. 
   ^ ORSN FAQ
   


6. 
   ^ Vixie, Paul (2008-10-23). "Open Root Server Network project shutdown by 31.12.2008 00:00 UTC". dns-operations (Mailing list). Retrieved 2008-10-23. 
   


7. 
   ^ ORSN. "[...] the ORSN was again activated in June 2013". Retrieved 11 October 2013. 
   


8. 
   ^ ORSN Root Hint (BIND)
   


9. 
   ^ Overview of the ORSN Public DNS Servers
   

External links

• ORSN Project Homepage


• ORSN Root Server Systems Technical Information


• Overview of the ORSN Public DNS Servers


• ORSN at ICANNwiki

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