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Domain name .UKR allowed to use DNS cloud in Europe: for reliable operation

Top-level domain .UKR has started using the cloud infrastructure in Europe, created by the Ukrainian company Hostmaster in agreement with the Swedish Netnod. This was reported in the Ukrainian enterprise.

Thus, the reliability and fault tolerance of the domain was improved .UKR.

"To increase the reliability and reduce the response time of the domain name system (DNS) in the cloud, Anycast technology is used and the sixth version of the internet protocol (IPv6) is supported. Previously a domain .UKR did not use Anycast," the report says.
What else is known

Hostmaster said that at the end of February, additional servers and cloud services located in several European countries, including Sweden, were put into operation to ensure the operability of the .UA top-level domain under martial law. These additional capacities are also used to neutralize DDOS attacks.

As you know, the company "Hostmaster" is the manager and registry of the .UA domain. in turn, the domain manager .UKR is a "Ukrainian Network Information Center".

Netnod operates one of the world's largest traffic exchange networks, Netnod IX, which includes exchange points in Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden. The company also manages the I-root root server, one of the 13 servers that support the DNS root zone.

Earlier, the Ministry of Digital Development signed a declaration on the future of the internet with leading countries of the world.

Also, the American corporation Microsoft reported that Russia's cyber attacks against Ukraine occur synchronously with military operations.