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'''Open Root Server Network''' ('''ORSN''') was a network of [[Domain Name System]] [[root nameserver]]s for the [[Internet]].
ORSN [[DNS root zone]] information was kept in synchronization with the "official" [[Domain Name System]] [[root nameserver]]s coordinated by [[ICANN]]. The networks were 100% compatible, though ORSN was operated independently. The ORSN servers were primarily placed in [[Europe]]. ORSN is also used by public name servers, providing [[Domain Name System]] access freely for everyone, without any limitation until the project closed in May 2019.
ORSN was primarily started to reduce the over-dependence of Internet users on the United States and [[Department of Commerce]]/[[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority|IANA]]/[[ICANN]]/[[VeriSign]], limit the control over the Internet that this gives, while ensuring that [[___domain name]]s remain unambiguous. It also helps avoid the technical possibility of global "Internet shutdown" by one party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tfl09.blogspot.com/2006/09/orsn-european-open-root-server-network.html|title=Under The Stairs: ORSN – European Open Root Server Network|date=September 19, 2006}}</ref> They also expect their network to make ___domain name resolutions faster for everyone.
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