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DNS root & ICANN
Los Angeles, United States34.05°N 118.24°W
computed criticality17/100
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13 root-server identities (A through M), run by 12 operators, under IANA/ICANN governance — the internet's root directory
2024Fault line
Translating a domain name into an address rests on a hierarchical system whose root and name allocation are coordinated by a handful of actors. A quiet but fundamental governance point of the internet.
Actors
ICANN
Verisign
root server operators
Sources