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'''ICANN Managed Root Server''' ('''IMRS''') is the name for the Root Server instance operated by ICANN. IMRS DNS system operates at L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET, [[IPv4]] address 199.7.83.42 from the ranges 199.7.83.0/24 and 199.7.82.0/23, [[IPv6]] address 2001:500:9f::42 from the ranges 2001:500:9f::/48 and 2001:500:9e::/47; all the prefix ranges are announced from AS20144.<ref>[https://www.dns.icann.org/imrs/ IMRS, DNS ICANN]</ref>

==Locations==
In November 2019, there were three IMRS clusters, located in the US, near Los Angeles and near Washington, D.C., and in Prague, Czech Republic.<ref>[https://features.icann.org/icann-imrs-cluster?language=fr#:~:text=There%20are%20currently%20three%20IMRS,than%20the%20IMRS%20single%20sites. ICANN Resolutions: IMRS Clusters, November 2019]</ref> By November 2022, ICANN had added IMRS clusters in Singapore and Nairobi, Kenya.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2022-11-15-en Press Release: ICANN Investment in Africa Enables Safer, Faster Internet Access Across the Continent, ICANN Resources, November 2022]</ref>

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