Re: updated root hints file (fwd)

[Doug Barton]

On Sun, 1 Feb 2004, Randy Bush wrote:

>
> let's face it.  we should be looking at the front page
> of the  site to find root hints.  there
> we find , which seems
> to be missing a link to the signed root hints.
>
> iana, could you please fix that?  thanks.

Okey dokey. :)  I took this suggestion, and a few other recent
suggestions regarding the usefulness of the site and added a "most
popular links" page, which includes the root.hints stuff. I also added a
couple of new links to the home page, and deleted some less frequently
used ones.

Please take a look at http://www.iana.org/ and let me know what you
think. We have more improvements planned for the IANA site down the road
as resources become available, but in the short term I think these
changes will help.

Doug

-- 

Doug Barton
General Manager, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

Re: updated root hints file

[Doug Barton]

Randy Bush wrote:
> let's face it.  we should be looking at the front page
> of the  site to find root hints.  there
> we find , which seems
> to be missing a link to the signed root hints.
>
> iana, could you please fix that?  thanks.

Good idea. I had that in mind along with some other changes for later
this quarter, but given the amount of attention this topic is
generating, I'll try to get something up asap.

Thanks,

Doug

-- 
Doug Barton
General Manager, The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

Re: updated root hints file (fwd)

[bill]

> 
> let's face it.  we should be looking at the front page
> of the  site to find root hints.  there
> we find , which seems
> to be missing a link to the signed root hints.

used to be there... 
 
> iana, could you please fix that?  thanks.

good idea. second.
> 
> randy
> 

Re: updated root hints file (fwd)

[Randy Bush]

let's face it.  we should be looking at the front page
of the  site to find root hints.  there
we find , which seems
to be missing a link to the signed root hints.

iana, could you please fix that?  thanks.

randy

Re: updated root hints file (fwd)

[bill]

> 
> On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, bill wrote in reply to presumably private mail:
> > > I thought the RSSAC site was www.root-servers.org.
> >
> > root-servers.org is -NOT- the rssac site.
> 
> Your useful official content for today is:
> 
>   http://www.icann.org/committees/dns-root/

thats the canonical rssac site.

> Your somewhat more useful non-official content for today is:
>   http://www.rssac.org/

another private view on the world.

--bill  

Re: updated root hints file (fwd)

[Stephen J. Wilcox]

On Sun, 1 Feb 2004, Bruce Campbell wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, bill wrote in reply to presumably private mail:
> 
> > > I thought the RSSAC site was www.root-servers.org.
> >
> > root-servers.org is -NOT- the rssac site.
> 
> Your useful official content for today is:
> 
>   http://www.icann.org/committees/dns-root/
> 
> Your somewhat more useful non-official content for today is:
> 
>   http://www.rssac.org/

perhaps info/links to info could be put onto root-servers.org/net

that page isnt easily found from www.icann.org and their site search is google 
and doesnt drop anything out obvious either

Re: updated root hints file (fwd)

[Bruce Campbell]

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, bill wrote in reply to presumably private mail:

> > I thought the RSSAC site was www.root-servers.org.
>
>   root-servers.org is -NOT- the rssac site.

Your useful official content for today is:

http://www.icann.org/committees/dns-root/

Your somewhat more useful non-official content for today is:

http://www.rssac.org/

--==--
Bruce.

Re: updated root hints file (fwd)

[bill]

> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 11:39:40 -0500
> To: bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: updated root hints file
> 
> I thought the RSSAC site was www.root-servers.org.
> 

root-servers.org is -NOT- the rssac site.


--bill

Re: updated root hints file

[bill]

> 
> 
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 10:44:42PM -0800,
>  bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote 
>  a message of 54 lines which said:
> 
> > > http://www.root-servers.org/ seems to only have news on I's ASN change, no 
> > > mention of B or J or the anycast F/K/I's ... methinks this info should have a 
> > > home on this site..
> > 
> > 
> > why this site?
> 
> Which site do you suggest?
>  

the rssac site comes to mind, or B might put up a public site.
but you did not answer my question.

--bill

Re: updated root hints file

[Stephen J. Wilcox]

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, bill wrote:

> > Well the answer is yes it changed a little while ago, having searched for a link 
> > to post I cant find one, thats bad.. 
> > 
> > http://www.root-servers.org/ seems to only have news on I's ASN change, no 
> > mention of B or J or the anycast F/K/I's ... methinks this info should have a 
> > home on this site..
> 
> 
>   why this site?

I wanted info on root servers, root-servers.org seemed a good place, icann and 
iana were my second tries, then google, then i gave up.. someone mentioned 
k.root-servers.org, okay i didnt think to try that but i'd say the summary info 
and changes could be on www. otherwise i'm going to get bored checking 13 sites

Steve

> 
> 
> > 
> > Steve
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > >   Hello All ,  Hmmm ,  watching this thread & having acquired the
> > >   new cache ile I did a diff on it & noticed that 'J' was changed
> > >   as well (compared to MY cache file) .  Did 'J' change sometime
> > >   in the near past that I missed ?  Tia ,  JimL
> > > ie:
> > > 
> > > -B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.  360  A 128.9.0.107
> > > +B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.  360  A 192.228.79.201
> > > 
> > > -J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.  360  A 198.41.0.10
> > > +J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.  360  A 192.58.128.30
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Joe Abley wrote:
> > > 
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 29 Jan 2004, at 05:46, Randy Bush wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > excuse me.  this should be in a message from the iana signed with
> > > > > iana's pgp key
> > > >
> > > > ftp://ftp.internic.net/domain/INTERNIC_ROOT_ZONE.signatures
> > > >
> > > > (I agree, though, that a signed announcement from the proper authority
> > > > would have been nice)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Joe
> > > >
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> 
> 

Re: updated root hints file

[Stephane Bortzmeyer]

On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 09:19:43PM -0500,
 Coppola, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote 
 a message of 22 lines which said:

> In preparation for tomorrow morning's B-root IP change from 128.9.0.107 to
> 192.228.79.201 

I notice trouble to reach the new server from many places.

Here a machine connected by Global Crossing:

master:~ % dig @192.228.79.201 SOA .  

; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> @192.228.79.201 SOA .
;; global options:  printcmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached

>From other places, it works. I cannot find a common pattern.

When it fails, the traceroute looks like (here from 146.82.138.7):

master:~ %  traceroute 192.228.79.201
traceroute to 192.228.79.201 (192.228.79.201), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
 1  mauser.brainfood.com (146.82.138.1)  0.232 ms  0.165 ms  0.121 ms
 2  146.82.136.53 (146.82.136.53)  0.514 ms  0.478 ms  0.450 ms
 3  146.82.136.9 (146.82.136.9)  0.422 ms  0.388 ms  0.368 ms
 4  332.ge12-0.mpr1.dfw2.us.above.net (209.133.66.58)  0.828 ms  0.857 ms  1.162 ms
 5  so-3-0-0.cr2.dfw2.us.above.net (216.200.127.217)  1.001 ms  0.990 ms  0.943 ms
 6  pos3-0.er1.atl4.us.above.net (216.200.127.225)  18.004 ms  17.945 ms  17.921 ms
 7  pos14-0.pr1.atl4.us.above.net (64.125.30.242)  18.015 ms  17.985 ms  17.954 ms
 8  so-1-3.hsa2.Atlanta1.Level3.net (209.0.227.161)  18.123 ms  18.006 ms  17.997 ms
 9  ge-6-2-1.bbr1.Atlanta1.Level3.net (64.159.3.73)  18.341 ms  18.142 ms  18.224 ms
10  so-3-0-0.mpls1.Tustin1.Level3.net (209.247.8.121)  53.037 ms  52.893 ms  53.471 ms
11  so-9-0.hsa1.Tustin1.Level3.net (209.244.27.174)  52.944 ms 
so-10-0.hsa1.Tustin1.Level3.net (209.244.27.154)  52.913 ms 
so-9-0.hsa1.Tustin1.Level3.net (209.244.27.174)  52.884 ms
12  * * *
13  130.152.181.66 (130.152.181.66)  63.972 ms  65.680 ms  63.889 ms
14  * * *
15  * * *

When it succeeds, I get (here from 66.93.172.18):

voltaire:~ % traceroute 192.228.79.201
traceroute to 192.228.79.201 (192.228.79.201), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
 1  dsl093-172-001.pit1.dsl.speakeasy.net (66.93.172.1)  386.978 ms  59.405 ms  
125.981 ms
 2  border1.g4-3.speakeasy-40.wdc.pnap.net (63.251.83.187)  164.026 ms  306.738 ms  
548.859 ms
 3  core2.ge3-1-bbnet2.wdc002.pnap.net (216.52.127.72)  33.304 ms  242.007 ms  184.611 
ms
 4  ge-5-1-181.ipcolo1.Washington1.Level3.net (63.210.59.237)  78.556 ms  464.994 ms  
357.447 ms
 5  ae-0-56.bbr2.Washington1.Level3.net (64.159.18.162)  252.687 ms  518.383 ms  
402.284 ms
 6  so-3-0-0.mpls1.Tustin1.Level3.net (209.247.8.121)  631.193 ms  485.623 ms  500.692 
ms
 7  so-9-0.hsa1.Tustin1.Level3.net (209.244.27.174)  460.843 ms  259.303 ms  339.851 ms
 8  67.30.130.66 (67.30.130.66)  305.469 ms  312.075 ms  341.656 ms
 9  130.152.181.66 (130.152.181.66)  373.986 ms  499.069 ms  518.800 ms
10  b.root-servers.net (192.228.79.201)  461.216 ms  448.530 ms  488.763 ms

So, apparently, 67.30.130.66 does not know how to reply to many
places.

IP addresses which have the problem: 192.134.4.152, 146.82.138.7,
194.117.194.82, 62.23.209.250.

Re: updated root hints file

[Stephane Bortzmeyer]

On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 10:44:42PM -0800,
 bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote 
 a message of 54 lines which said:

> > http://www.root-servers.org/ seems to only have news on I's ASN change, no 
> > mention of B or J or the anycast F/K/I's ... methinks this info should have a 
> > home on this site..
> 
> 
>   why this site?

Which site do you suggest?
 

Re: updated root hints file

[bill]

> Well the answer is yes it changed a little while ago, having searched for a link 
> to post I cant find one, thats bad.. 
> 
> http://www.root-servers.org/ seems to only have news on I's ASN change, no 
> mention of B or J or the anycast F/K/I's ... methinks this info should have a 
> home on this site..


why this site?


> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hello All ,  Hmmm ,  watching this thread & having acquired the
> > new cache ile I did a diff on it & noticed that 'J' was changed
> > as well (compared to MY cache file) .  Did 'J' change sometime
> > in the near past that I missed ?  Tia ,  JimL
> > ie:
> > 
> > -B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.  360  A 128.9.0.107
> > +B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.  360  A 192.228.79.201
> > 
> > -J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.  360  A 198.41.0.10
> > +J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.  360  A 192.58.128.30
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Joe Abley wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > >
> > > On 29 Jan 2004, at 05:46, Randy Bush wrote:
> > >
> > > > excuse me.  this should be in a message from the iana signed with
> > > > iana's pgp key
> > >
> > > ftp://ftp.internic.net/domain/INTERNIC_ROOT_ZONE.signatures
> > >
> > > (I agree, though, that a signed announcement from the proper authority
> > > would have been nice)
> > >
> > >
> > > Joe
> > >
> > 
> > 
> 

RE: Don't Panic II (Re: updated root hints file)

[Dave Hilton]

The question was asked:

"I wonder how many systems will _still_ be trying to get to
b.root-servers.net 
at the old address in 5 or even 10 years."

Any one built with any copy of the grasshopper book version 3 or
earlier.

Look up the section titled "The Root Cache Data" in your fpersonal copy.

Hilton
Entelos, Inc.

Re: updated root hints file

[Daniel Karrenberg]

On 29.01 15:36, Jess Kitchen wrote:
> 
> > http://www.root-servers.org/ seems to only have news on I's ASN change, no
> > mention of B or J or the anycast F/K/I's ... methinks this info should have a
> > home on this site..

If you folow the link from this site to http://k.root-servers.org/ you will
find info about K's anycast instances. We will add them to the table too,
just for completeness. 

Daniel

RE: Don't Panic II (Re: updated root hints file)

[McBurnett, Jim]

I wonder if Someone from Microsoft is here and will add this to an update for the 
Active Directory DNS that will most likely be the user of the old addresses in
5 years.


FROM: Bill
>I wonder how many systems will _still_ be trying to get to b.root-servers.net 
>at the old address in 5 or even 10 years.

Re: updated root hints file

[Jess Kitchen]

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote:

> Well the answer is yes it changed a little while ago, having searched
> for a link to post I cant find one, thats bad..

http://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail-archives/dns-wg/2002/msg2.html

> http://www.root-servers.org/ seems to only have news on I's ASN change, no
> mention of B or J or the anycast F/K/I's ... methinks this info should have a
> home on this site..

Agreed.

Regards,
Jess.

-- 
Jess Kitchen ^ burstfire.net[works] _$
 | www.burstfire.net.uk

Re: updated root hints file

[Stephen J. Wilcox]

Well the answer is yes it changed a little while ago, having searched for a link 
to post I cant find one, thats bad.. 

http://www.root-servers.org/ seems to only have news on I's ASN change, no 
mention of B or J or the anycast F/K/I's ... methinks this info should have a 
home on this site..

Steve



On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote:

> 
>   Hello All ,  Hmmm ,  watching this thread & having acquired the
>   new cache ile I did a diff on it & noticed that 'J' was changed
>   as well (compared to MY cache file) .  Did 'J' change sometime
>   in the near past that I missed ?  Tia ,  JimL
> ie:
> 
> -B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.  360  A 128.9.0.107
> +B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.  360  A 192.228.79.201
> 
> -J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.  360  A 198.41.0.10
> +J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.  360  A 192.58.128.30
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Joe Abley wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > On 29 Jan 2004, at 05:46, Randy Bush wrote:
> >
> > > excuse me.  this should be in a message from the iana signed with
> > > iana's pgp key
> >
> > ftp://ftp.internic.net/domain/INTERNIC_ROOT_ZONE.signatures
> >
> > (I agree, though, that a signed announcement from the proper authority
> > would have been nice)
> >
> >
> > Joe
> >
> 
> 

Re: updated root hints file

[Mr. James W. Laferriere]

Hello All ,  Hmmm ,  watching this thread & having acquired the
new cache ile I did a diff on it & noticed that 'J' was changed
as well (compared to MY cache file) .  Did 'J' change sometime
in the near past that I missed ?  Tia ,  JimL
ie:

-B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.  360  A 128.9.0.107
+B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.  360  A 192.228.79.201

-J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.  360  A 198.41.0.10
+J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.  360  A 192.58.128.30



On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Joe Abley wrote:

>
>
> On 29 Jan 2004, at 05:46, Randy Bush wrote:
>
> > excuse me.  this should be in a message from the iana signed with
> > iana's pgp key
>
> ftp://ftp.internic.net/domain/INTERNIC_ROOT_ZONE.signatures
>
> (I agree, though, that a signed announcement from the proper authority
> would have been nice)
>
>
> Joe
>

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Re: updated root hints file

[Joe Abley]

On 29 Jan 2004, at 05:46, Randy Bush wrote:

excuse me.  this should be in a message from the iana signed with
iana's pgp key
ftp://ftp.internic.net/domain/INTERNIC_ROOT_ZONE.signatures

(I agree, though, that a signed announcement from the proper authority 
would have been nice)

Joe

RE: updated root hints file

[Ray Plzak]

I couldn't agree more.

Ray

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Randy Bush
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 5:46 AM
To: Coppola, Brian
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: updated root hints file


> From: "Coppola, Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: updated root hints file
> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 21:19:43 -0500
> 
> 
> 
> In preparation for tomorrow morning's B-root IP change from 128.9.0.107 to
> 192.228.79.201 we have posted updated root hints files.  They are
available
> from the following URLs:
> 
>   ftp://rs.internic.net/domain/db.cache
>   ftp://rs.internic.net/domain/named.cache
>   ftp://rs.ineternic.net/domain/named.root
> 
> and will be available from:
> 
>   ftp://ftp.internic.net/domain/db.cache
>   ftp://ftp.internic.net/domain/named.cache
>   ftp://ftp.ineternic.net/domain/named.root
> 
> Brian
> 
> Brian Coppola
> Manager, Resolution Systems
> Verisign Operations and Infrastructure (O&I)

excuse me.  this should be in a message from the iana signed with
iana's pgp key

randy

Re: updated root hints file

[Randy Bush]

> From: "Coppola, Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: updated root hints file
> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 21:19:43 -0500
> 
> 
> 
> In preparation for tomorrow morning's B-root IP change from 128.9.0.107 to
> 192.228.79.201 we have posted updated root hints files.  They are available
> from the following URLs:
> 
>   ftp://rs.internic.net/domain/db.cache
>   ftp://rs.internic.net/domain/named.cache
>   ftp://rs.ineternic.net/domain/named.root
> 
> and will be available from:
> 
>   ftp://ftp.internic.net/domain/db.cache
>   ftp://ftp.internic.net/domain/named.cache
>   ftp://ftp.ineternic.net/domain/named.root
> 
> Brian
> 
> Brian Coppola
> Manager, Resolution Systems
> Verisign Operations and Infrastructure (O&I)

excuse me.  this should be in a message from the iana signed with
iana's pgp key

randy

Re: Don't Panic II (Re: updated root hints file)

[bill]

On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 08:40:52PM -0800, Donovan Hill wrote:
> On Wednesday 28 January 2004 07:19 pm, bill wrote:
> 
> > "B" will continue to answer on -BOTH- addresses for at least
> > 24 months. Even so, we encourage ISPs and DNS admins to make
> > the changes at their earliest opportunity.  That will leave the
> > "tail" to clean up after those folks who may not be avid NANOG
> > readers. :)  Questions?
> 
> I wonder how many systems will _still_ be trying to get to b.root-servers.net 
> at the old address in 5 or even 10 years.
> 
> >
> -- 
> Donovan Hill

bets are being taken.  in 1996/7, we changed the default TTL
in the hints file to two weeks.  today there are still systems
that query for b.isi, predating the creation of the TLD structure
as we know it now.

--bill

Re: Don't Panic II (Re: updated root hints file)

[Hank Nussbacher]

At 08:40 PM 28-01-04 -0800, Donovan Hill wrote:

On Wednesday 28 January 2004 07:19 pm, bill wrote:

>   "B" will continue to answer on -BOTH- addresses for at least
>   24 months. Even so, we encourage ISPs and DNS admins to make
>   the changes at their earliest opportunity.  That will leave the
>   "tail" to clean up after those folks who may not be avid NANOG
>   readers. :)  Questions?
I wonder how many systems will _still_ be trying to get to b.root-servers.net
at the old address in 5 or even 10 years.
NANOG44 in October 2008 (I believe in Phoenix) will be having a 
presentation by Bill Manning entitled "DNS retards".

-Hank


>
> --bill
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> +1.310.322.8102
--
Donovan Hill
Electronics Engineering Technologist, CCNA
www.lazyeyez.net, www.gwsn.com

Re: Don't Panic II (Re: updated root hints file)

[Donovan Hill]

On Wednesday 28 January 2004 07:19 pm, bill wrote:

>   "B" will continue to answer on -BOTH- addresses for at least
>   24 months. Even so, we encourage ISPs and DNS admins to make
>   the changes at their earliest opportunity.  That will leave the
>   "tail" to clean up after those folks who may not be avid NANOG
>   readers. :)  Questions?

I wonder how many systems will _still_ be trying to get to b.root-servers.net 
at the old address in 5 or even 10 years.

>
> --bill
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> +1.310.322.8102

-- 
Donovan Hill
Electronics Engineering Technologist, CCNA
www.lazyeyez.net, www.gwsn.com

Re: Don't Panic II (Re: updated root hints file)

[bill]

> On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Coppola, Brian wrote:
> > In preparation for tomorrow morning's B-root IP change from 128.9.0.107 to
> > 192.228.79.201 we have posted updated root hints files.  They are available
> > from the following URLs:
>
> sean.donalen sez:
> Network operators using "golden networks" to control route flap dampening
> will need to update their BGP dampening configuration for the new address
> and to remove the old address.  Until updated, dampening may incorrectly
> ignore routes to the new address during periods of network instability.
> In practice, this is a rare occurance and the other root servers will
> still be configured.
> 
"B" will continue to answer on -BOTH- addresses for at least
24 months. Even so, we encourage ISPs and DNS admins to make
the changes at their earliest opportunity.  That will leave the
"tail" to clean up after those folks who may not be avid NANOG
readers. :)  Questions?

--bill
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+1.310.322.8102

Don't Panic II (Re: updated root hints file)

[Sean Donelan]

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Coppola, Brian wrote:
> In preparation for tomorrow morning's B-root IP change from 128.9.0.107 to
> 192.228.79.201 we have posted updated root hints files.  They are available
> from the following URLs:

The previous change to the root hints was November 5 2002.  The previous
change was five years before that.  The root hints changes do not
require any immediate changes by most Internet users.  As long as at least
one of the IP addresses in your root.zone hints file responds, your name
server will automatically use the current set of root name servers.
Historically it has taken over 10 years to change all the IP addresses in
the root hints file.  Past performance is not a guarantee of future
performance, but it is likely the root hints will continue to be very
stable and change slowly.

Client resolvers (i.e most Windows and other end-user machines) use
either their ISP or organizations name servers.  Most end-users do not
need to make any changes.  ISP or organization system administrators
will update the main name servers for their users.

Software developers and operating system vendors distributing Name Server
programs will need to update the hints file included in their software
distribution sometime before the last IP address in the hints file
changes.

Operators of resolving name servers will need to update the hints file
on their systems, or it may be updated as part of the future vendor
software update, sometime before the last IP address changes.  Until
the hints file is updated, some versions of Domain Name System software
will print periodic warnings in the system log to remind the system
administrator to check the hints file.

Operators of "shadow" or alternative roots will need to update their
configurations.  Since this is more or less outside the DNS, it is up to
those operators to ensure consistent operation.

Network operators using "golden networks" to control route flap dampening
will need to update their BGP dampening configuration for the new address
and to remove the old address.  Until updated, dampening may incorrectly
ignore routes to the new address during periods of network instability.
In practice, this is a rare occurance and the other root servers will
still be configured.

updated root hints file

[Coppola, Brian]

In preparation for tomorrow morning's B-root IP change from 128.9.0.107 to
192.228.79.201 we have posted updated root hints files.  They are available
from the following URLs:

ftp://rs.internic.net/domain/db.cache
ftp://rs.internic.net/domain/named.cache
ftp://rs.ineternic.net/domain/named.root

and will be available from:

ftp://ftp.internic.net/domain/db.cache
ftp://ftp.internic.net/domain/named.cache
ftp://ftp.ineternic.net/domain/named.root

Brian

Brian Coppola
Manager, Resolution Systems
Verisign Operations and Infrastructure (O&I)