# EU NIS2 Directive Excludes Internet Root Servers After Institutional Engagement

DevFeed: [EU NIS2 Directive Excludes Internet Root Servers After Institutional Engagement](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/dear-eu-please-don-t-ruin-the-root-36367.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/dont-ruin-the-root/>)

Author: About the author

Published: 2021-05-10T06:43:53Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Bert Hubert's writings](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/bert-hubert-s-writings.md>)

Topics: [Internet](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internet.md>), [servers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/servers.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>)

Tags: [cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cybersecurity.md>), [dns](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dns.md>), [eu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/eu.md>), [europe](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/europe.md>), [internet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internet.md>), [legal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/legal.md>), [nis2](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nis2.md>), [servers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/servers.md>)

## AI overview

This commentary discusses concern that the EU's proposed NIS2 cybersecurity directive would classify Internet root servers as essential entities. It reports that the root servers were later excluded from the directive's scope after engagement with European institutions.

## Source excerpt

I love Europe, and I want to see the European Union succeed. I also love the Internet, and I want to see it thrive as well. And it therefore pains me that it now appears that the European Union might inadvertently be picking an ugly fight with "The Internet". UPDATE: I am EXCEPTIONALLY happy to report that through robust engagement with European institutions who understood the problem, the root servers are now fully out of scope of the NIS2 directive!