-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [BSA] How to make the Internet DNS green Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 15:51:36 -0500 From: Bill St. Arnaud <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] [The Dutch Internet registry SIDN has launched a unique program in partnership with CleanBits to identify what proportion of .nl domain names were hosted on a green or CO2-neutral basis. The results show a strong trend towards the ‘greening’ of the .nl internet zone. Nearly 30 per cent of .nl names were found to have green hosts. That is more than twice the percentage identified in a 2009 survey, which revealed that 11% of the .nl zone was green-hosted. To be counted as green, a host had to use only green energy, or offset its CO2 emissions. The Domain Name Systems is probably one of the most critical components of the global Internet, and yet one that could easily be made truly green by moving DNS servers to follow the wind/follow the sun architectures such as Greenstar. Because DNS relies extensively on local caching, as well as primary and secondary servers, it is an Internet application that could be easily adapted to this type of architecture. A typical DNS zone may process millions of DNS queries per hour representing, in aggregate, thousands of kilowatt hours and potential CO2 emissions. The recent work undertaken by the Greenstar project could easily quantify these CO2 emissions and possibly someday make them eligible for cash offsets in the various voluntary markets .—BSA] For more information please see: SIDN and Cleanbits https://www.sidn.nl/en/news/news/article/number-of-green-hosted-nl-domain-names-has-more-than-doubled/ Greenstar Follow the Wind/Follow the Sun http://www.greenstarnetwork.com/ ------ R&E Network and Green Internet Consultant email: [log in to unmask] twitter: BillStArnaud blog: http://billstarnaud.blogspot.com/ skype: Pocketpro -- If you do not want to receive any more newsletters, http://news.greenstarnetwork.com/?p=unsubscribe&uid=2e554ce9cd6391e675c45c2a64279c24 To update your preferences and to unsubscribe visit http://news.greenstarnetwork.com/?p=preferences&uid=2e554ce9cd6391e675c45c2a64279c24 Forward a Message to Someone http://news.greenstarnetwork.com/?p=forward&uid=2e554ce9cd6391e675c45c2a64279c24&mid=281 -- Powered by PHPlist, www.phplist.com --