---
id: "root-zone-management"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "root zone management"
language: "en"
category: "Governance and policy"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/root-zone-management/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/gestion-zona-raiz/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/root-zone-management/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/gestion-zone-racine/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/gestione-zona-radice/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/gerenciamento-zona-raiz/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/upravlenie-kornevoy-zonoy/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/genqu-guanli/"
---

# root zone management

The work of keeping the root zone, the list of all TLDs, correct and up to date. IANA checks change requests from TLD managers. Verisign, as root zone maintainer, then edits, signs and publishes the zone, and the root servers serve it.

## related terms

- [root zone](https://tldlog.com/glossary/root-zone/)
- [IANA](https://tldlog.com/glossary/iana/)
- [PTI](https://tldlog.com/glossary/pti/)
- [Verisign](https://tldlog.com/glossary/verisign/)
- [root server operator](https://tldlog.com/glossary/root-server-operator/)