Hosting an F-Root Node

Application to Host an F-Root Node

If you are interested in hosting an F-Root node, first please read the page on Hosting an F-Root node and the page describing the Technical Requirements.

If you still want to proceed, please fill out the form below. Someone will be in touch with you when we have had a chance to look at it.

Proposed Site

Sponsoring Organization (required)

Network Type (required)

Network's PeeringDB page

Autonomous System Number (required)

Facility where the node would be installed (required)

IATA three-letter code for the nearest airport. (required)

Contact Details

Your name (required)

Your email (required)

Technical Contact Name (required)

Technical Contact Email (required)

Abuse Contact Email (required)

NOC Telephone Number

Technical Requirements

Are you able to meet the technical requirements, including:

Supply of the required Dell hardware

Dual power feeds from separate sources

Separate ports for DNS traffic, management traffic, and iDRAC

IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity for all ports

Supply of an IPv4 /29 and IPv6 /64 for management and iDRAC ports

Will the proposed new F-Root node be peering with a route server?

Yes

No

Unsure

How much bandwidth is available for F root traffic (required)

How much transit bandwidth is available for management traffic (required)

Current Root System Availability

Do you host any other Root Servers? (required)

Run this shell script, which determines the latency and location of your currently preferred root servers. It should be run on a system that is connected as close as possible to the proposed installation location.

#!/bin/sh
for s in a b c d e f g h i j k l m; do for p in 4 6; do
  echo "$s.root-servers.net IPv$p"
  dig -$p +norec @$s.root-servers.net hostname.bind ch txt
  echo "---"
done; done

Attach the root-probe output (required)

Tell us more!

Please provide any additional information that might help us evaluate your application.