Hi Doug, IIRC you can ftp to rs.internic.net (the IANA) and download zones to your hearts content. At least until "transition", I'd think this one is authoritative.
I don't exactly remember where you can pull it from, but I believe they offer it in XML too. [ Paging Joe Abley ] Best, -M< On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 1:50 AM, Doug Barton <do...@dougbarton.us> wrote: > The last time I asked them, F-root had a "we allow it because it's the > right thing to do but we don't like it" policy. Given that ICANN operates > an infrastructure purposely built for doing zone transfers, and given that > they offer more zones than are on the roots, that's the way I recommend > people go. YMMV. > > Doug > > > > On 05/20/2014 10:42 PM, Mehmet Akcin wrote: > >> F-root also allows you to axfr root-zone ( dig @f.root-servers.net . >> axfr ) >> >> >> On May 20, 2014, at 10:32 PM, Doug Barton <do...@dougbarton.us> wrote: >> >> Signed PGP part >>> On 05/20/2014 02:21 PM, Brandon Applegate wrote: >>> | Is anyone using this and having failed login for a few days now ? >>> I?ve been mirroring the root zone(s) for years and I just started >>> getting failures in my logs. I emailed an address I found on the >>> Verisign website but so far dead air. If anyone knows of a more pointed >>> email POC that would actually have clue about this that would be awesome. >>> >>> You can slave the root and more directly from ICANN: >>> >>> http://www.dns.icann.org/services/axfr/ >>> >>> >>> >> >