Root servers.

The list of 13 current root servers

• ftp://ftp.rs.internic.net/domain/named.root

The map of 13 current root servers

• http://www.wia.org/pub/rootserv.html

IAB Technical Comment on the Unique DNS Root

• http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2826.txt

Domain names registration.

Open generic TLDs - gTLDs

• To register a domain name in the .com, .net, or .org domains, please contact one of the ICANN Accredited Registrars: http://www.icann.org/registrars/accredited-list.html

Restricted generic TLDs - gTLDs

• The .gov domain http://www.nic.gov is reserved exclusively for the United States Government.

• The .mil domain http://www.nic.mil is reserved exclusively for the United States Military.

• The .edu domain http://www.nsi.com is registered only through Network Solutions.

• The .int domain http://www.iana.org/int.html is used only for registering organizations established by international treaties between governments or Internet infrastructure databases (for example to do address to name lookups based on NSAPs). If you believe you meet these qualifications and want to apply for a domain name under .int, please send the IANA a description of your organization including a reference to the treaty that established it or click http://www.iana.org/int-reg.html for the online application. Please note that the online application must be supplemented with a reference to the treaty which established it.

Country code TLDs - ccTLDs

• To register a domain name in a country code TLD (such as .uk or .jp), please contact the corresponding ccTLD registry: http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld.htm.

  The list of ccTLD's Nic-handles is helpful for the whois queries http://www.dnso.org/dnso/ccTLDs-handles.html.

  See also the list of URLs for ccTLD Registries around the world mainained by the Norwegian Registry http://www.uninett.no/navn/domreg.html

• The list of States party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is maintained at http://www.wipo.org/eng/ratific/d-paris.htm.

• The United Nations Statistics Division provides information on Standard Country or Area Codes and Geographical Regions for Statistical Use http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/methods/m49.htm

• The ccTLDs are based on the ISO3166 code. For more information see the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency website http://www.din.de/gremien/nas/nabd/iso3166ma/.

  Excerpt from "How to get a country name into ISO 3166-1" http://www.din.de/gremien/nas/nabd/iso3166ma/get_name.html:

  III. A request for the inclusion of a country name (or the name of 
       a dependent area) in ISO 3166-1 must originate from the national 
       government of the country or from the national standards body 
       of that country. The ISO 3166/MA rejects any request which is 
       not accompanied by a written statement from the national goverment 
       explicitly agreeing to and supporting the request. 
  

• Since 2000 ICANN/IANA had to state on Delegation/Redelagation for ccTLDs:

  1. 11 Feb 2000 IANA Report on Request for Redelegation of the .pn Top-Level Domain
  2. 22 Mar 2000 IANA Report on Request for Delegation of the .ps Top-Level Domain

• Please note that ccTLD's policies vary. The list of URLs above is intended to help you to find the following information:

  1. in which country a ccTLD registry is located
  2. in which country a ccTLD registry is incorporated (if private company)
  3. under which country law a ccTLD registry operates
  4. charter of a ccTLD registry
  5. liability of a ccTLD registry
  6. technical capability of a ccTLD registry