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DNS

We provide primary and secondary DNS services for reverse domains. We also publish signed zones and provide an interface for users to create secure delegations for their reverse DNS zones.

Reverse DNS

We delegate reverse DNS zones for the address ranges that we manage. To support this service, we provide reliable, authoritative name servers and monitor all zones under our responsibility.

Reverse DNS

ENUM

We operate the e164.arpa (ENUM) zone in accordance with instructions from the Internet Architecture Board (IAB). We provide operators with an interface to create delegations for their ENUM zones. ENUM allows the mapping of telephone numbers to domain names in order to facilitate

ENUM

DNSSEC

DNSSEC adds security to the Domain Name System. We publish signed zones and provide an interface for users to create secure delegations for their reverse DNS zones.

DNSSEC

K-root and AuthDNS

The RIPE NCC operates two independent DNS services. Both of these are provided by distributed nodes using IPv4 and IPv6 anycast.

The first service is K-root, one of the 13 Internet root name servers.

The second is Authoritative DNS (AuthDNS), which hosts reverse DNS zones, ripe.net, e164.arpa and some other infrastructure zones, and provides secondary DNS for various ccTLDs.

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World map showing location of DNS nodes