On 8/15/14 9:42 AM, /dev/rob0 wrote:
On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 10:14:09AM -0400, Thomas Schulz wrote:
I wrote:
On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 02:26:54PM -0500, Bill Christensen wrote:
It looks like my root pointers are horribly out of date. Seems
to me this is something which should automatically update...
Not much, and yes.
; This file is made available by InterNIC
; under anonymous FTP as
; file /domain/named.root
; on server FTP.INTERNIC.NET
; -OR- RS.INTERNIC.NET
;
; last update: Feb 04, 2008
; related version of root zone: 2008020400
That's old, but not so old as to prevent you from reaching an
actual root server. Of course it was 2 years before the root
was signed.
I will add my $0.02. The named executable has the root information
built in so that it can start up if there is no named.root file
available. So, if you had no named.root file but did have the
latest release of Bind then you would have the current data. If you
do not update Bind the moment that a new version is released then
you need a current named.root file.
Not really. There are enough valid servers from 2008020400 to be
able to resolve ./IN/NS now. In fact I bet you could turn on an
ancient BIND 4 today and still be able to resolve the root.
Just go get a new one from the
server listed at the top of the old file.
Sure, that's good advice, which is why I left it in the posted
message. But probably better advice is to upgrade to a supported
BIND version. If the OS is so old to be have a 2008020400 hint
file, it probably means no updates have been done along the way.
Interesting. I'm running BIND 9.10.0-P2. Apparently the package system
I'm using (MacPorts) isn't updating the root servers file though.
I'll report the problem there. Meantime, I'll download the recent one
and see if that makes a difference.
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