CZ.NIC, the national domain registry for the Czech Republic join LINX NoVA

CZ.NIC, the national domain registry for the Czech Republic is one of the latest networks to join LINX NoVA, the US regional interconnection facility from the London Internet Exchange.

CZ.NIC, the national domain registry for the Czech Republic is one of the latest networks to join LINX NoVA, the US regional interconnection facility from the London Internet Exchange (LINX). LINX NoVA is a key interconnection location for the US and attracts a diverse community of networks from local access networks to large global content delivery networks. The latest connection from CZ.NIC is a more unique case. The Czech association are taking a 10G port at LINX NoVA in Reston, Northern Virginia to connect one of their global Domain Name System (DNS) nodes.

Zdeněk Brůna, CTO for CZ.NIC says: “Starting the new DNS location at LINX NoVA will further increase the security of DNS traffic and accelerate the processing of our DNS queries in North America. Adding this location in Reston is a part of bigger project for upgrading and strengthening the DNS infrastructure of our .CZ national domain.”

For more information about this cooperation is in LINX press release.

About the London Internet Exchange (LINX)

Established in 1994, the London Internet Exchange (LINX) is one of the largest Internet exchanges in the world, connecting over 980 member ASNs from over 80 countries. LINX continues to expand their London presence with 16 locations across London along with regional exchanges in Wales, Manchester and Scotland. LINX also operates an Internet exchange in the Ashburn metro area in the US just outside Washington DC. In 2019, JEDIX was launched, a new IX for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, powered by LINX.