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Re: Updates to the root zone Re: KPNQwest ns.eu.net server.

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Thu Jun 6 11:23:35 2002

From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
To: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2002 08:23:02 -0700
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu


> Has ICANN and NTIA worked out their operational issues so they can quickly
> change the root zone to reflect changes in ccTLD nameservers if people
> need to change which name servers are handling the ccTLDs.  Last year,
> some of the ccTLD operators were complaining it sometimes took weeks after
> they submitted the change for it to make it into the root zone.

that was the fast track.  it can take months.

luckily, the dns protocols will route around this kind of damage as
long as a primary or secondary remain alive.

randy


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