The root servers are operated by 12 different organizations:
- A VeriSign Global Registry Services.
- B University of Southern California, Information Sciences Institute.
- C Cogent Communications.
- D University of Maryland.
- E NASA Ames Research Center.
- F Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.
- G US DoD Network Information Center.
Why are there 13 root servers?
There are a couple of reasons the internet Domain Name System uses exactly 13 DNS servers at the root of its hierarchy. The number 13 was chosen as a compromise between network reliability and performance, and 13 is based on a constraint of Internet Protocol (IP) version 4 (IPv4).
Who is G root servers net?
DISA DOD Network Information Center (NIC) operates G.root-servers.net, one of the thirteen logical Internet Root name servers. DISA DOD NIC cooperates with the eleven other Root Server Operators to provide authoritative data for the DNS Root Zone. The G-Root DNS system operates at: IPv4 address 192.112.
