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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Antkowiak)
Fri Dec 14 16:10:57 2012
In-Reply-To: <50CB8877.80605@umd.edu>
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:10:44 -0600
From: Joe Antkowiak <antkojm1@gmail.com>
To: Jason Castonguay <castongj@umd.edu>, nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Jason Castonguay <castongj@umd.edu> wrote:
> The old address, which is in the middle of UMD's network, is going to be
> black-holed once the change is over. Nothing will be on that IP once we
> move the root off. The rest of UMD's network is staying put. This move
> is part of UMD's commitment to improve the service, so we can support
> DNS anycast.
>
>
Just a quick question....if the old block is going to be black-holed but
kept allocated...why does it need to be changed in the first place, or why
does the existing have to be disabled? (just have both addresses
active/responding?)
Forgive me if I'm missing something.
