CommunityDNS' provides Anycast services to EP-NET - holder of the old "L" Root IP space.

Following ICANN's announcement to move the L Root away from 198.32.64.12, EP.NET, the holder of the IP space according to ARIN, has contracted with CommunityDNS, an Anycast provider with servers in 10 locations worldwide. EP.NET entered into contract with CommunityDNS during the ICANN meeting in Los Angeles on the 1st November 2007.

CommunityDNS anticipates starting service once the IANA/US Root Zone information has been supplied to it by EP-NET. It is anticiapted service will start by the second week of November and continue until the EP-NET contract is terminated or ICANN request that the old L Root address be turned off.

The transition from old IP address to a new IP address takes a significant period of time to ensure a reliable service to users - and during an exchange on the IETF list existing ROOT operators decide it is common and good practice to keep "old" Root addersses active for significant periods of time, after a change.

About CommunityDNS
After extensive development and testing by multiple DNS providers from various parts of the world, the Community DNS Anycast System was launched as a commercial service in June 2007. It is designed to act either as a secondary, Slave System to supplement and enhance existing DNS resolution infrastructure, or as a Master/Slave System for those DNS providers that want a complete DNS solution. The CommunityDNS Anycast System is cost effective, reliable, and secure providing unmatched performance results. Its expanding network of Anycast server clusters is designed to "localize" traffic while giving participating DNS operators secure control their own zones and data, as well as tools to monitor and react to DNS events. Currently CommunityDNS has contracts to support 104million (70%) of the world’s registered domain names, worldwide.

Contact:
Bart P. Mackay at bart.mackay@communitydns.eu
URL www.communitydns.eu