Category: Legacy vs. New gTLD Infrastructure

Geographic Anycast deployment has become a cornerstone of modern domain name system operations, significantly improving the speed, reliability, and security of DNS resolution for both legacy TLDs and new gTLDs. While both types of TLDs leverage Anycast networks to optimize performance, their deployment strategies, infrastructure investments, and resulting performance gains differ due to variations in…

The Domain Name System (DNS) root zone is a fundamental component of the internet’s architecture, acting as the authoritative index for top-level domains (TLDs). The management of this critical infrastructure has evolved over time, particularly with the expansion from a limited number of legacy TLDs to the introduction of a vast array of new generic…

The Shared Registration System (SRS) is the backbone of modern domain name registration, enabling multiple registrars to access a centralized registry system for domain management. This design plays a crucial role in ensuring competition, operational efficiency, and security across the domain name ecosystem. While the foundational principles of the SRS remain consistent, there are significant…

The Domain Name System relies on highly optimized load balancing strategies to ensure efficient query resolution, prevent downtime, and distribute traffic across geographically dispersed name servers. The approach taken to manage and balance traffic between name server clusters varies significantly between legacy top-level domains and new generic top-level domains due to differences in query volume,…

Latency is a critical factor in the efficiency and performance of the Domain Name System, influencing how quickly a domain name query is resolved and how smoothly internet users can access websites and services. The deployment of Anycast networks has become an essential strategy for minimizing latency by directing queries to the closest available name…