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* [[Verisign]], which is contracted by the U.S. government to edit the root zone with the information supplied and authenticated by [[ICANN]], which was subsequently  authorized by the Department of Commerce, and also to distribute the root zone file containing information on where to find info on TLDs

* [[Verisign]], which is contracted by the U.S. government to edit the root zone with the information supplied and authenticated by [[ICANN]], which was subsequently  authorized by the Department of Commerce, and also to distribute the root zone file containing information on where to find info on TLDs

* An international group of [[Root Service Operators]] then distributes root information from the root zone file across the Internet. Those groups are:

* An international group of [[Root Service Operators]] then distributes root information from the root zone file across the Internet. Those groups are:

# VeriSign Global Registry Services;

# [[VeriSign]] Global Registry Services

# Information Sciences Institute at USC;

# [[Information Sciences Institute]] at USC

C) Cogent Communications;

# [[Cogent Communications]]

D) University of Maryland;

# [[University of Maryland]]

E) NASA Ames Research Center;

# [[NASA Ames Research Center]]

F) Internet Systems Consortium Inc.;

# [[Internet Systems Consortium Inc.]]

G) U.S. DOD Network Information Center;

# U.S. [[DOD Network Information Center]]

H) U.S. Army Research Lab;

# [[U.S. Army Research Lab]]

I) Autonomica/NORDUnet, Sweden;

# [[Autonomica/NORDUnet]], Sweden

# [[RIPE NCC]], Netherlands

K) RIPE NCC, Netherlands;

# [[ICANN]]

L) ICANN;

# [[WIDE Project]], Japan<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/dnssec-qaa-09oct08-en.htm ICANN explains DNSSEC]</ref>

M) WIDE Project, Japan.