TELEHOUSE(TM) America (www.telehouse.com), a pioneer of neutral,
power-protected, secure colocation space and services, and Internet
Software Consortium (www.isc.org), a not-for-profit corporation
dedicated to developing and maintaining production quality Open Source
reference implementations of core Internet protocols, will jointly
establish mirrors of the F-root DNS name root server at two TELEHOUSE
America locations. The new servers are mirrors of one of only 13 root
servers in the world and will permit ISC to provide and maintain a
more reliable Internet infrastructure in the U.S.
The agreement with TELEHOUSE supports ISC's efforts to build a
more robust DNS mechanism by having its root server mirrored in two
additional U.S. locations. Under the new partnership, TELEHOUSE will
provide root server colocation services, hosting servers, and Gigabit
Ethernet peering ports in its New York International Internet Exchange
(NYIIX) and Los Angeles International Internet Exchange (LAIIX).
Juniper Networks (Nasdaq: JNPR - News) M-series routing platforms were
selected by ISC for its leading performance, reliability, and security
capabilities.
"We're proud to have been selected by ISC to help ensure security
for its DNS servers," said Todd Shimizu, product marketing manager,
Juniper Networks. "The robust packet processing capabilities of our
M-series portfolio provides ISC with uncompromising detection,
prevention, and suppression services for their critical Internet
applications."
"Our facilities will provide ISC with the security and reliability
it needs to maintain its `f-root' server as a vital service to the
U.S. Internet community," said Hideki Akazawa, President and CEO,
TELEHOUSE America. "We look forward to playing a key role in the
future growth of the Internet through a long term relationship with
this esteemed organization."
Paul Vixie, Chairman of ISC, commented, "We are excited about this
relationship with TELEHOUSE America and consider this a vital step to
increase performance and robustness of the root server system and the
Internet worldwide. ISC will continue to expand the global footprint
of our `f-root' server in response to the growing threat posed by
distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks."
About Telehouse
TELEHOUSE America is a stable and trusted pioneer of
carrier-neutral colocation space and services. Since 1989, they have
provided customers with secure, power-protected environments where
they can house and operate their telecommunications and network
resources. Companies from a wide range of industries have chosen to
locate their mission critical equipment at one of
TELEHOUSE's five colocation Centers in New York and California,
due to the company's history of success, financial stability, and
expertise. Among the many benefits of co-locating with TELEHOUSE is
the ability to connect to three state-of-the-art peering exchanges in
New York (NYIIX), Los Angeles (LAIIX), and Santa Clara (SVIIX).
Through close ties to its sister company (TELEHOUSE Europe) with sites
in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, and Geneva, TELEHOUSE
can provide continuous, cost-effective operation of network-dependent
businesses around the world. For more information, please visit
http://www.telehouse.com or contact us at sales@telehouse.com.
About ISC
ISC (www.isc.org) was founded in 1993 to develop and publish high
quality reference implementations of core Internet protocols including
DNS and DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). ISC's DNS
implementation, called BIND, was originally developed at UC Berkeley
as part of the BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) system, and has
subsequently been completely rewritten at ISC. Most DNS servers on the
Internet run BIND or BIND-derived software. Currently there are only
13 root servers, from A to M, in the world. ISC operates and maintains
the F-root server. The ISC's reference implementation of DHCP is the
de facto standard for all UNIX and UNIX-like systems including Linux
and BSD.