Root Zone Archive

With the assistance of its members and friends (especially AFNIC, RIPE, Paul Vixie, Duane Wessels, Peter Koch and Paul Hoffman) DNS-OARC has assembled a historical archive of the DNS root zone dating back to June 1999. This Root Zone Archive is a part of our larger project, the Zone File Repository.

Root Zone Trends

The following graph shows trends in the contents of the root zone:

Check My DNS

Submitted by jelu on Thu, 10/06/2016 - 10:13

Check My DNS is a custom developed DNS nameserver that creates dynamic delegated subdomains to enable clients to query for never-seen-before resource records in order to support a general-purpose framework for testing DNS resolvers.

Read more about it or try it at one of the instances below:

OARC Seeking Physical Office Services

Submitted by keith on Fri, 09/30/2016 - 14:42

OARC's legal entity does business in California, and our physical infrastructure and finances are run from the San Francisco Bay area. Due to a recent change in arrangements, OARC is seeking a new provider of physical office services in the area, effective immediately.

We're seeking a number of things, they need not all come from the same organization, but OARC Members local to the area are preferred if possible: