Hosting an F-Root Node

If you are interested in hosting an F-Root node, first please read the page on Hosting an F-Root node and the page describing the Technical Requirements.

If you still want to proceed, please fill out the form below. Someone will be in touch with you when we have had a chance to look at it.

Proposed Site

Sponsoring Organization

Network Type

Autonomous System Number

Facility where the node would be installed

IATA three-letter code for the nearest airport.

Contact Details

Your name

Your email

Technical Contact Name

Technical Contact Email

Abuse Contact Email

NOC Telephone Number

Technical Requirements

Are you able to meet the technical requirements, including:

Supply of the required Dell hardware

Dual power feeds from separate sources

Separate ports for DNS traffic, management traffic, and iDRAC

IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity for all ports

Supply of an IPv4 /29 and IPv6 /64 for management and iDRAC ports

Will the proposed new F-Root node be peering with a route server?

Yes

Unsure

How much bandwidth is available for F root traffic

How much transit bandwidth is available for management traffic

Current Root System Availability

Do you host any other Root Servers?

Please attach the output of this shell script which determines the latency and location of your currently preferred root servers. It should be run on a system that is connected as close as possible to the proposed installation location.

#!/bin/sh
for s in a b c d e f g h i j k l m; do for p in 4 6; do
  echo "$s.root-servers.net IPv$p"
  dig -$p +norec @$s.root-servers.net hostname.bind ch txt
  echo "---"
done; done

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