DNS Explained
DNS Explained: PICISOC radio commentary on new DNS Rootserver in Fiji
A mirror of Internet F-root server went live in Suva, Fiji on 25 May 2007. This is the first root nameserver to be deployed in the Pacific islands and will bring significant improvements in speed and reliability to Internet users in the region.
Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) coordinated this deployment with Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) and University of the South Pacific. The root nameserver deployment in Fiji will bring the total number of root DNS servers in the Asia Pacific region to 35.
Rajnesh Singh, Chairman of PICISOC and Director of pacificIT.org cuts through the jargon to explain the technology behind the Internet's DNS system in the podcast below for Radio Australia's "In the Loop" programme broadcast to the Pacific region on June 13 2007.