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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joseph Jackson)
Fri Dec 14 12:09:25 2012
In-Reply-To: <50CB5AE7.8070709@mtcc.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:09:08 -0600
From: Joseph Jackson <recourse@gmail.com>
To: Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Mike,
You will need to update your root.hints file on any of your forwarding DNS
servers. Most OS vendors will include an update but its a good idea to
manually check.
On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com> wrote:
> Matthew Newton wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 04:42:46PM +0000, Nick Hilliard wrote:
>>
>>> On 13/12/2012 22:54, Jason Castonguay wrote:
>>>
>>>> Advisory =97 D-root is changing its IPv4 address on the 3rd of January=
.
>>>>
>>> You've just given 3 weeks notice for a component change in one of the f=
ew
>>> critical part of the Internet's infrastructure, at a time when most
>>>
>>
>> I think that /was/ the advance notification - you've got 6 months :)
>>
>> "The old address will continue to work for at least six months
>> after the transition, but will ultimately be retired from
>> service."
>>
>
> So really stupid question, and hopefully it's just me, do I need to do
> something
> on my servers?
>
> Second question: I know that renumbering is important in the abstract, bu=
t
> is there
> really an overwhelming reason why renumbering the root servers is
> critical? Shouldn't
> they all be in PI space for starters?
>
> Mike
>
>
