[kictanet] The RIPE NCC Deploys New K-root Node in Africa

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http://www.ripe.net/news/k-root-dar-es-salaam.html



The RIPE NCC Deploys New K-root Node in Africa

Amsterdam, 20 August 2009

The RIPE NCC is pleased to announce that we have deployed a new K-root
local node at the Tanzania Internet Exchange (TIX) in Dar es Salaam.

This node is sponsored by AfriNIC and the Tanzania Internet Service
Providers Association (TISPA), with transit provided by Simbanet and
Africa Online.

The RIPE NCC is participating in AfriNIC's Root Server Anycast Copy
Program, which assists well established IXPs in the African region to
deploy anycast instances of root name servers. The K-root local node
in Dar es Salaam is the first such deployment.

For more information about this K-root node, and K-root in general,
please visit the K-root website.


For more information about AfriNIC's Root Server Anycast Copy Program,
visit AfriNIC's Anycast Root Server Project page.