Rajasthan has become the first State in the country to get the L-root server. As per the state government, it will enable the State government to provide its flagship digital services and enforce e-governance with seamless internet connectivity.
Salient features
- The new facility will strengthen internet infrastructure and help improve security and resilience of internet-based operations.
- The new server has been installed at the Bhamashah State Data Centre in association with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
- The initiative for deployment of the L-root server will ensure uninterrupted delivery of digital services to the common people and bring transparency and efficiency in operations.
- The L-root server will ensure high-speed internet connectivity.
Root servers in India
- There are at present three J-root servers in New Delhi, Mumbai and Gorakhpur and two L-root servers in Mumbai and Kolkata.
- The L-root server in Rajasthan is the first one deployed at the State level.
About root name servers
- A root name server is a name server for the root zone of the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet.
- Verisign operates j.root-servers.net, one of the thirteen logical Internet Root name servers.
- ICANN operates “L-Root” server.
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