News
24 July 2024
Update to DNSSEC trust anchors
18 July 2024
2023 Audit on Service Organization Controls for IANA functions completed
The findings from our annual SOC2 and SOC3 audits, independently administered by RSM US LLP, have been published.
10 July 2024
IANA Survey Shows Consistent Results and Offers Insights
Our annual survey of key stakeholders has been published, providing useful feedback for the ongoing evolution
of our services.
23 May 2024
Root Zone DNSSEC Algorithm Rollover Study Issues Final Report
The final report of our community study team has been published, providing guidance on how cryptographic
algorithm changes to the DNS root zone should be performed in the future.
28 February 2024
Second IANA Naming Function Review commences
ICANN has convened the periodical community review of the IANA Naming Functions, which performs an assessment every five years.
24 January 2024
Proposed Top-Level Domain String for Private Use
IANA has made a provisional determination that “.INTERNAL” should be reserved for
private-use and internal network applications. Prior to review and approval of this
reservation by the ICANN Board, we are seeking feedback on whether the selection
complies with the specified procedure from SAC113, and any other observations that
this string would be an inappropriate selection for this purpose.
19 October 2023
Draft Report of the Root Zone DNSSEC Algorithm Rollover Study
A draft study on how to select a new cryptographic algorithm for the root zone, and how
a rollover to that algorith, has been produced and we are now seeking comment. This
study is the product of a community design team.
15 August 2023
A New Data Protection Mechanism for the Root Zone
By the end of this year, the Domain Name System (DNS) root zone will introduce the ZONEMD record that will provide a new mechanism for network operators to validate its contents.
10 June 2023
News service now available
16 May 2023
Feedback sought on proposed bylaws amendments
Proposals to update the PTI Bylaws, that govern the IANA functions, are open for public comment. These proposals seek to simplify PTI's planning cycles to better align with ICANN.
2 May 2023
System controls validated by 2022 IANA Functions audit
The findings from our annual SOC2 and SOC3 audits, independently administered by RSM US LLP, have been published.
28 April 2023
Deprecating infrastructure .INT domains
RFC 9121 has been published which formalizes the removal of a number of legacy .INT domains by IANA. These domains are no longer in use but were documented for historical, often experimental purposes. This document clarifies earlier documents and should have no practical effect.
13 April 2023
Root Zone KSK HSM Update
30 March 2023
Registration procedures for private enterprise numbers (PENs)
RFC 9371 has been published which updates the registration procedures for private enterprise numbers (PENs).
13 March 2023
How time zones are coordinated
The basics of how the IANA functions manage the Time Zone Database, an essential collection of rules that govern time relied upon around the world.
2 March 2023
Schedule announced for next KSK key generation
The next Root Zone KSK is planned to be generated at the next key signing ceremony on 27 April 2023.
21 February 2023
Design team convened for KSK algorithm rollover study
A Root Zone Algorithm Rollover Study Design Team has been established to develop recommendations on how the cryptographic algorithm used for the root zone may be changed during future rollovers.
18 January 2023
ICANN’s annual IANA customer survey shows shift in engagement preferences
The 2022 IANA Customer Engagement Survey has been published. A big shift was in customers' desires for remote engagement, down to 9% from 50% a year prior.
13 December 2022
Updated Root Zone Management System available
An updated Root Zone Management System is now available. TLD managers have new features available to them in this release, including abilities to customize access and authorization policies.
2 December 2022
Root Zone Management System update
2 December 2022
Holiday services
1 December 2022
New private enterprise number system available
A significant update has been made to the system that supports private enterprise number (PEN) registrations. A more interactive application and modification process has been implemented, along with a modern interface for browsing registrations.
1 December 2022
Webinar on updating the Root Zone Management System
On 6 December 2022 at 16:00 to 17:00 UTC, you are invited to join a webinar covering the new features in the RZMS upgrade.
16 November 2022
Call for volunteers to plan for changing the Root Zone DNSSEC algorithm
ICANN recently announced on open call for volunteers to join a design team that will develop a plan for changing the cryptographic algorithm used for the Domain Name System (DNS) root key signing key and zone signing key. Those who feel they are qualified are welcome to apply.
15 September 2022
Draft operating plans and budget for Fiscal Year 2024
Comment is invited on the draft operating plan and budget for the IANA functions for Fiscal Year 2024.
7 September 2022
IANA Community Day in Brussels, Belgium
In conjunction with the 2022 ICANN DNS Symposium, IANA will be holding a half-day workshop focused on key technical evolution projects within IANA relating to the DNS. Topics will include a discussion of how to perform a DNSSEC algorithm rollover for the DNS root zone, and reviewing and updating the TLD technical requirements for root zone changes. TLD managers, DNS experts, and other interested parties are encouraged to attend.
25 July 2022
Webinar on IANA functions and PTI planning for Fiscal Year 2024
A webinar, open to all, will explain the annual planning process for the IANA functions and invite contributions on priorities for the coming year.
8 July 2022
Final report of the Root Zone Update Process study
The final report conducted by independent researchers on the Root Zone Update Process has been published.
7 June 2022
Common Questions on the Next-Generation Root Zone Management System
Answers to commonly asked questions about our next-generation Root Zone Management System have been published.
19 May 2022
Ushering in the next generation of Root Zone management
IANA is preparing to launch a significant update to its Root Zone Management platform later this year.
21 March 2022
Revised guidance for RFC authors
The help material for RFC authors, that augments RFC 8126, has been significantly updated.
14 March 2022
Initial Report on Root Zone Update Process Study open for comment
Comment is invited on the initial report by independent researchers on the Root Zone Update Process. Feedback will be integrated into a subsequent final report.
22 February 2022
ICANN’s Annual IANA Customer Survey Demonstrates Consistent High Performance
The findings of our annual customer survey are now available online.
10 November 2021
Licensing terms for Protocol Registries
IANA and IETF have collaboratively issued a joint statement concerning copyright in the IANA protocol parameter registries, confirming that they intend that the registries may be freely used by any party for any purpose.
21 October 2021
Reflecting on IANA’s Post-Transition Operations
On the 5th anniversary of the transition to multistakeholder oversight of IANA, a review of what has happened since.
18 October 2021
IANA performance overview available
The performance reporting section of the IANA website has been significantly updated. Notably there is now a high-level dashboard view of the key metrics used to assess IANA performance, on a rolling 3 month basis.
15 September 2021
Draft operating plan and budget for Fiscal Year 2023
The draft operating plan and budgets for the IANA functions, covering July 2022 to June 2023, is available for public comment.
12 August 2021
Root Anchor signature update
15 July 2021
Webinar on IANA Functions and PTI planning for Fiscal Year 2023
A webinar, open to all, will explain the annual planning process for the IANA functions and invite contributions on priorities for the coming year.
30 March 2021
Study on Root Zone Management
10 February 2021
IANA Naming Function Review: Recommendation for an IANA Naming Function contract amendment
Feedback is sought in making a contractual amendment to remove a specific reporting requirement. A community review concluded this requirement is no longer suitable.
27 January 2021
2020 customer engagement survey shows increased satisfaction in performance
The findings of our annual customer survey have been published.
21 January 2021
Root Zone KSK supporting documentation update
30 October 2020
Nameservers for the Address and Routing Parameter Area ("arpa") domain
RFC 9120 has been published, describing revisions to operational practices to separate the function of the "arpa" top-level domain in the DNS from its historical operation alongside the DNS root zone.
30 October 2020
The Creation and Administration of Unique Identifiers, 1967-2017
A report has been published, commissioned by ICANN and Google, that documents the design, evolution and management of the Internet's unique identifiers.
8 October 2020
Public comment on the draft Fiscal Year 2022 operating plan and budgets
Comment is invited on the draft operating plan and budget for the IANA functions for Fiscal Year 2022.
19 August 2020
Webinar on developing the Fiscal Year 2022 operating plan and budgets
A webinar, open to all, will explain the annual planning process for the IANA functions and invite contributions on priorities for the coming year.
21 April 2020
Conducting a key signing ceremony in the face of COVID-19
A discussion of adjustments made to IANA operating procedures for key signing ceremonies, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
26 March 2020
Contingency plans for the next Root KSK ceremony
12 February 2020
Root Key Signing Key ceremony postponed
11 December 2019
IANA customer engagement survey results available
The results of the annual customer survey on the IANA functions are now available.
6 November 2019
Allocation of /12 IPv6 address space to ARIN
The unicast address block 2630::/12 has been allocated to ARIN based on their eligibility according to the IANA Policy for Allocation of IPv6 Blocks to Regional Internet Registries.
6 November 2019
Proposal for future Root Zone KSK rollovers
16 October 2019
RIR allocation data dashboard available
We now offer a new dashboard to reports RIR number resource allocation data. This data, including associated projections, are used to implement the global policies that govern IPv4, IPv6 and autonomous system allocations by IANA.
14 October 2019
Proposed changes to the IANA SLAs for ccTLD creation and transfers
Comment is invited on a proposal to update the service level agreements associated with ccTLD delegation and transfer requests.
10 June 2019
Proposed IANA SLAs for publishing LGRs/IDN tables
The Customer Standing Committee, ICANN and PTI have agreed a new set of metrics to govern label generation ruleset (LGR) processing, which are now available for public comment.
5 June 2019
Allocation of /12 IPv6 address space to RIPE NCC
The unicast address block 2a10::/12 has been allocated to RIPE NCC based on their eligibility according to the IANA Policy for Allocation of IPv6 Blocks to Regional Internet Registries.
8 May 2019
Reorganization of autonomous system (AS) number registry
The AS Number registry has been simplified to only indicate block allocations made by IANA to the RIRs. It no longer reflects inter-RIR transfers of AS numbers. This change was made at the request of the regional Internet registries.
12 March 2019
Allocation of /19 IPv6 address space to RIPE NCC
The unicast address block 2001:2000::/19 has been allocated to RIPE NCC based on their eligibility according to the IANA Policy for Allocation of IPv6 Blocks to Regional Internet Registries. This allocation incorporates earlier smaller allocations of 2001:2000::/20, 2001:3000::/21, and 2001:3800::/22 made on 2004-05-04.
1 March 2019
Final IPv4 allocations made from recovered pool
IANA has allocated 2×/24 address space to each to the five regional Internet registries from its recovered pool. This effectively exhausts the address space IANA has to allocate according to the Global Policy for Post Exhaustion IPv4 Allocation Mechanisms by the IANA.
1 October 2018
Root Zone service during the upcoming KSK rollover
24 May 2018
Privacy policy and terms of service
We have updated our privacy policies and certain website terms of service to provide greater transparency, promote simplification, and align with recent changes in privacy laws applicable to us.
8 February 2018
Progressing the IANA functions into 2018
A summary of the adjustments and changes to the IANA functions in the first year after the IANA stewardship transition.
18 January 2018
IANA functions customer survey results available
The findings of the annual IANA customer survey are now available.
26 October 2017
New DNSSEC algorithm support for TLDs
TLD managers may now sign their zones with GOST or ECDSA and list their respective delegation signer records in the DNS root zone. Support for the GOST and SHA384 digest types have also been added.
17 October 2017
Prepare for the 2017 IANA annual customer survey
Commencing the week of 2017-10-23, our partner Ebiquity will invite our customers over the past year to participate in our annual survey. This anonymous survey helps us plan for the future by identifying our performance and ways we can improve. It will automatically be sent to those who have transacted requests with us in the past year, along with other key contacts within our community.
27 September 2017
Root Zone key rollover postponed
The plan to sign the root zone with a new KSK starting in October 2017 has been postponed, in response to freshly analyzed data the suggests more resolvers than expected are signaling they do not yet recognize the new KSK.
26 September 2017
.INT zone is now DNSSEC signed
As of 2017-09-26, the .INT zone is signed with a secure delegation from the DNS root zone. Support for DS records in the .INT zone will be added at a later date.
26 September 2017
Root Zone Maintainer monthly reports now available
We are now publishing the monthly reports ICANN receives from the Root Zone Maintainer. These reports document adherence to the service level agreements between ICANN and Verisign for the performance of this function, which is a component of the Root Zone Management process.
30 June 2017
Guidelines for writing an IANA Considerations section in RFCs
RFC 8126 has been published, providing best current practice for RFC authors on how to develop IANA Considerations in their documents.
22 June 2017
Forthcoming Root Zone KSK rollover
18 May 2017
Call for volunteers as Trusted Community Representatives
We are seeking interested individuals who wish to act as Trusted Community Representatives. These individuals are an important component of how we manage the Root Zone Key Signing Key, the trust anchor for the global Domain Name System. By inviting recognized members of the DNS technical community to be part of the Root Zone KSK operations, we seek to improve confidence and acceptance in the DNSSEC security mechanism among the wider Internet community.
14 April 2017
First monthly report to the Internet numbering community
We have published our first report to the Internet numbering community. This report is the first of a regularly monthly reporting on our performance of allocations to Regional Internet Registries, and is one deliverable from the IANA stewardship transition process.
2 March 2017
Completion of annual audits
The annual audits of both our Root Zone Key Signing Key (DNSSEC) operations, and our Registry Assignment and Maintenance Systems, have been completed.
3 February 2017
New Root Zone trust anchor being distributed
Following successful key ceremonies in October 2016 and February 2017, a new key signing key for the DNS root zone has been generated that is expected to be used later in 2017. Software implementing DNSSEC validation should obtain the revised root anchors <https://www.iana.org/dnssec/files> in our repository. This is an important step in the KSK Rollover project <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/ksk-rollover>.
11 January 2017
2016 annual customer survey available
In September 2016, we invited our customers to participate in our fifth annual customer satisfaction survey. We have now published the compiled results, showing continued very positive satisfaction from our communities. The report describes the methodology and responses received.
21 December 2016
First monthly reports to the Customer Standing Committee available
We have published our first reports to the newly formed Customer Standing Committee. These reports are the first of regularly monthly reporting to this new committee, which was created as part of the IANA stewardship transition process.
1 October 2016
IANA Stewardship Transition completed
As of 2016-10-01, the IANA functions are being provided by Public Technical Identifiers, a new affiliate of ICANN.
1 October 2016
Revised DNSSEC Practice Statement for the Root Zone KSK
A revised edition of the Root Zone KSK DNSSEC Practice Statement (DPS) has been published, and is effective immediately. The changes primarily relate to operational impacts caused by the IANA stewardship transition.
1 October 2016
Increased size of the Root Zone zone signing key
Following pre-publication since 2016-09-20, the zone signing key used to sign the DNS root zone has been increased in size from 1024 bits to 2048 bits. The key signing key remains at 2048 bits. This work has been coordinated with our root zone management partner, Verisign.
14 September 2016
2016 Annual Customer Survey
ICANN has engaged Ebiquity to administer its 2016 Annual Customer Survey. If you have made use of IANA request services in the last year you can expect to receive an invitation from Judy Bromley to participate in a survey hosted at https://www.ebiquityinsights.com/.
6 September 2016
Increased Root Zone and .ARPA signature validity periods
The validity period of DNSSEC signatures in the Root and ARPA zones has been increased from 10 days to 13 days. This implements part of the recommendations of RSSAC's Report on Root Zone TTLs (aka RSSAC003). This work has been coordinated with our root zone management partner, Verisign.
30 August 2016
Representing Label Generation Rulesets Using XML
RFC 7940 has been published, enabled label generation rulesets (formerly known as IDN tables) to be precisely expressed in a machine readable format. This work originated in work by the IANA team on formalizing these rulesets, and is expected to support a number of community activities to enhance IDN deployment.
26 May 2016
Revised DNSSEC Practice Statement for the Root Zone KSK
A revised edition of the Root Zone KSK DNSSEC Practice Statement (DPS) has been published, and is effective immediately.
22 April 2016
Annual audit process completed
The annual audits of both our Root Zone DNSSEC operations, and our IANA Registry Management Systems, have been completed.
1 March 2016
RDAP server support for TLD managers
TLD managers are now able to list their RDAP servers through their root zone management interface. These RDAP servers will be integrated into the RDAP bootstrap registries IANA publishes.
16 December 2015
2015 annual customer survey results available
We recently conducted our fourth annual customer satisfaction survey. We have now analyzed the results and can share them with the community. This report summarizes the survey methodology and the responses received.
29 September 2015
2015 annual customer survey underway
ICANN is currently conducting the 2015 Annual IANA Customer Satisfaction Survey. If you have made use of the IANA services in the last year you should have received an invitation from Jennifer Clark at Ebiquity to participate in a survey hosted at https://www.ebiquityinsights.com/. Reminder emails will be sent next week asking for your participation before the survey closes on October 13th.
28 February 2015
.TP (Portuguese Timor) has been retired
The .TP domain has been removed from the root zone, following a transition to its successor domain .TL (Timor-Leste). The underlying alpha-2 code "TP" was removed from the ISO 3166-1 standard in 2002.
17 December 2014
2014 annual customer survey results available
In September 2014 ICANN invited customers of the IANA services to participate in its third annual customer satisfaction survey. We have now analyzed the results and are happy to report that the feedback was very positive. The report summarizes the survey methodology and the responses received and compares them to last year's results.
11 September 2014
2014 annual customer survey underway
ICANN has engaged Ebiquity to administer its 2014 Annual Customer Survey. If you have made use of IANA request services in the last year you can expect to receive an invitation from Jennifer Clark to participate in a survey hosted at https://www.ebiquityinsights.com/.
20 May 2014
IPv4 recovery allocations
The global recovery pool has been activated under the conditions of the governing policy. Code has been developed and published by IANA on how it will allocate IPv4 address blocks from the recovery pool.
14 January 2014
IANA customer survey now available
In November 2013, ICANN invited customers of the IANA services to participate in its second annual customer satisfaction survey. We have now analyzed the results and are happy to report that the the feedback was very positive. The report summarizes the survey methodology and the responses received.
10 October 2013
Committed to Excellence
We are committed to operations excellence and have had an ongoing Business Excellence activity for the IANA functions since 2009. We are pleased to have received EFQM Committed to Excellence <http://www.efqm.org/what-we-do/recognition/committed-to-excellence> recognition for these departments following an assessment conducted by a panel of three independent assessors in August 2013.
2 October 2013
Removal of eleven test internationalized top-level domains from the Root Zone
The testing period for internationalized top-level domains (IDNs) in the DNS root zone has successfully concluded. The test IDN TLDs will be retired from the DNS root zone on 31 October 2013
14 December 2012
D-root is changing its IPv4 address on 3 January 2013
4 December 2012
IANA review process
ICANN is conducting a number of reviews regarding how the IANA functions are performed. These reviews are being conducted between late 2012 and mid-2013, and we welcome feedback.
5 July 2012
IANA customer survey
In April and May 2012 ICANN invited users of the root zone management; protocol parameters management; and Internet Number Resources management services to participate in a customer satisfaction survey. We have now analyzed the results and are happy to report that the response rate was very healthy 22% and the feedback was very positive.
6 May 2012
Global policy for post-exhaustion IPv4 allocation mechanisms
A new global policy has been ratified that guides IANA on making IPv4 allocations to RIRs smaller than /8, following the exhaustion of IANA's inventory of unallocated /8 address space.
23 April 2012
IANA customer survey
We are conducting a short, one page survey to gather our customers’ perspective on the way ICANN provides IANA services. The survey will provide us with baseline customer satisfaction data we can measure against in the future. Please take a moment to respond to the survey. The survey is open until 11 May 2012, and we will summarize the results and publish the summary by the end of June 2012.
15 July 2011
Implementation of Root Zone Management System
Scheduled maintenance of the DNS Root Management Systems will be conducted for one day commencing 2011-07-21 at 0000 UTC. Operation and availability of the DNS root zone will be unaffected, however there may be minor delays in processing root zone change requests for TLD managers. For more information on the upgrades, please read our Questions and Answers document.
4 November 2010
End of life notice for Interim Trust Anchor Repository
The Interim Trust Anchor Repository (ITAR) will be retired over the coming months. Its functions have been replaced by the signed DNS root zone, and all functionality is now integrated with root zone management.
15 July 2010
Root Zone now signed
The DNS Root Zone is now signed with DNSSEC, with trust anchors and other information now available
14 January 2010
Situation in Haiti and the DNS
Updates on the .HT domain and Intranet infrastructure following a major earthquake impacting Haiti
9 September 2009
Selection mechanism for the remaining IPv4 address space
12 December 2008
New IPv6 address for “L” DNS root service
The set of DNS root servers served under the hostname l.root-servers.net now have IPv6 capability, and have been added to the DNS root zone. We encourage operators of DNS infrastructure to update their DNS software to the most-updated IP addresses for the root servers. In particular, many DNS resolvers have a DNS root “hints” file. This should be updated with the revised set of IP addresss.
14 July 2008
Migration to XML for protocol parameter registries
18 June 2008
Autonomous system number registry format updates
The five Regional Internet Registries and the IANA have cooperated to provide an update to the IANA Autonomous System (AS) Numbers Registry. The updated registry keeps the same format but includes more detailed and accurate information about the whois servers providing registration information for individual AS Numbers. In addition to the current format, the AS Numbers registry will be made available in XML during July.
5 May 2008
Sample XML registry for IPv4 address space
IANA is currently engaged in a project to convert the protocol registries IANA maintains to XML to provide the community with improved ways of viewing registry information. An example of the registry with XML as the source has been published as a demonstration to the community. The temporary URL will work until the production launch of IANA's XML registries, at which time it will no longer function. You should not encode this URL in any enduring location, such as in computer software.
21 February 2008
Update to the IPv4 registry format and content
29 January 2008