J-Root

Operational
j.root-servers.net

One of the 13 named authorities configured for the DNS root zone.

AS26415AnycastIPv4 + IPv6DNS RootVerisign

What J-Root is

J-Root is the root server identity j.root-servers.net. It is one of the 13 named authorities for the DNS root zone, is operated by Verisign, Inc., and is served from multiple published locations using the same root-service addresses.

Global servicePublished sites across multiple regions
Root authorityAnswers authoritative queries for the root zone
Anycast deliveryOne service identity announced from many sites

Network & Service

Hostname
j.root-servers.net
IPv4
192.58.128.30
IPv6
2001:503:c27::2:30
ASN
AS26415
Operator
Verisign, Inc.
Transport
DNS over UDP / TCP · port 53
Address families
IPv4 and IPv6

Deployment Snapshot

147Published sitesroot-servers.org
~140Operationalcurrent snapshot
0Suspendedcurrent snapshot
0Decommissionedcurrent snapshot

Global Anycast Service

Same root-service addresses, published from multiple network sites.

J-Root
AmsterdamFrankfurtLondon
J-Root192.58.128.302001:503:c27::2:30
SingaporeTokyo+ more sites

Published Locations

Selected examples from the operator-published J-Root site dataset.

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LocationSite typeIPv4IPv6Instances
Amsterdam, NLGlobalEnabledEnabled1
Ashburn, USGlobalEnabledEnabled1
Frankfurt, DEGlobalEnabledEnabled1
London, GBGlobalEnabledEnabled1
Tokyo, JPGlobalEnabledEnabled1