Alternative Roots are separate root systems in that the contents of their root zone files deviate from the [[IANA]] promulgated authoritative root zone file.<ref>[https://www.internetgovernance.org/2020/02/26/the-knake-mueller-wager-will-china-form-an-alternate-dns-root/ Will China Form an Alternate DNS Root?, IGP]</ref> Alternative Root Servers, or Alternative Domain Servers, provide users with alternative TLDs not currently available via mainstream browsers. The control of the official [[Internet]] is in the hands of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ([[ICANN]]). IANA, a department of ICANN, has full control over the root server, which is a file on a computer that is kept at Herndon, Virginia. This file works as the official list of domain names on the Internet.<ref>[http://www.iana.org/about About IANA]</ref> | Alternative Roots are separate root systems in that the contents of their root zone files deviate from the [[IANA]] promulgated authoritative root zone file.<ref>[https://www.internetgovernance.org/2020/02/26/the-knake-mueller-wager-will-china-form-an-alternate-dns-root/ Will China Form an Alternate DNS Root?, IGP]</ref> Alternative Root Servers, or Alternative Domain Servers, provide users with alternative TLDs not currently available via mainstream browsers. The control of the official [[Internet]] is in the hands of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ([[ICANN]]). IANA, a department of ICANN, has full control over the root server, which is a file on a computer that is kept at Herndon, Virginia. This file works as the official list of domain names on the Internet.<ref>[http://www.iana.org/about About IANA]</ref> |