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RE: Root zone change -- d.gtld-servers.net

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (rdobbins@netmore.net)
Tue Sep 19 21:49:27 2000

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To: randy@psg.com
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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 18:47:29 -0700
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What part of 'TLD' don't you understand?

He's talking about a change to the root zone of the entire DNS for the three
most widely-used TLDs.  That's information any responsible operator would
like to be apprised of in advance of the referenced change.

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Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@netmore.net> // 818.535.5024 voice


	Effective zone serial number 2000091901, f.root-servers.net
(192.5.5.241)
	will no longer be in the list as authoritative for com, net, org.
In its
	place d.gtld-servers.net (208.206.240.5) will be added as an
authoritative server
	for com, net, org.  

	The new set of servers authoritative for these TLDs will be:
	A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.     198.41.0.4
	G.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     198.41.3.101
	E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     207.200.81.69
	F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     198.17.208.67
	D.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     208.206.240.5
	J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     198.41.0.21
	K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     195.8.99.11
	A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     198.41.3.38
	M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     210.176.152.18
	C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     205.188.185.18
	I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     192.36.144.133
	B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET.     203.181.106.5

-----Original Message-----
From: Randy Bush [mailto:randy@psg.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 6:00 PM
To: rdobbins@netmore.net
Cc: jhawk@bbnplanet.com; bverd@netsol.com; nanog@merit.edu
Subject: RE: Root zone change -- d.gtld-servers.net


> In this particular case, I can see where information about root nameserver
> changes might be of use in figuring out broken name resolution due to
> caching issues, etc.

indeed!  but these date are not about root nameservers.

randy


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