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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.

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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. AndIt toalso 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.

They also expect their network to make ___domain name resolutions faster for everyone.

[[Markus Grundmann]], based in Germany, is the founder of ORSN, and author of ORSN distributed system management and monitoring software solution.

[[Paul Vixie]], the main designer of [[BIND]], the [[UNIX]] [[de facto standard]] software for [[DNS server]]s in [[UNIX]]-like operating systems, is a high-profile proponent of the ORSN.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.circleid.com/posts/why_i_am_participating_in_the_orsn_project/|title=Why I Am Participating in the ORSN Project|website=www.circleid.com}}</ref> Paul Vixie is member of Security and Stability Advisory Committee of [[ICANN]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.icann.org/groups/ssac|title=Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) - ICANN|website=www.icann.org}}</ref> he served on the Board of Trustees of the [[American Registry for Internet Numbers]] (ARIN) from 2005 to 2013, also as ARIN chairman in 2009 and 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arin.net/about/welcome/board/former/|title=Former Trustees|website=www.arin.net}}</ref>

Paul Vixie is member of Security and Stability Advisory Committee of [[ICANN]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.icann.org/groups/ssac|title=Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) - ICANN|website=www.icann.org}}</ref> he served on the Board of Trustees of the [[American Registry for Internet Numbers]] (ARIN) from 2005 to 2013, also as ARIN chairman in 2009 and 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arin.net/about/welcome/board/former/|title=Former Trustees|website=www.arin.net}}</ref>

'''ORSN has 2two operating modes:'''

* ICANN BASED (default) operating mode involves daily synchronization, except that removed [[Top-level ___domain|TLD]]s are not removed from the ORSN root.

* INDEPENDENT mode has no automatic synchronization and is activated "whenever the political situation of the world - in our opinion - makes this step necessary because the possibility of a modification and/or a downtime of the ICANN root zone exists or we do not want that our root zone will rebuild automatically."<ref>[http://www.orsn.org/faq.php ORSN FAQ]</ref>