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Re: Don't Panic II (Re: updated root hints file)
From: bill <bmanning () vacation karoshi com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 21:13:43 -0800
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
Current thread:
- updated root hints file Coppola, Brian (Jan 28)
- Don't Panic II (Re: updated root hints file) Sean Donelan (Jan 28)
- Re: Don't Panic II (Re: updated root hints file) bill (Jan 28)
- Re: Don't Panic II (Re: updated root hints file) Donovan Hill (Jan 28)
- Re: Don't Panic II (Re: updated root hints file) bill (Jan 28)
- Re: Don't Panic II (Re: updated root hints file) Hank Nussbacher (Jan 28)
- Re: Don't Panic II (Re: updated root hints file) bill (Jan 28)
- Don't Panic II (Re: updated root hints file) Sean Donelan (Jan 28)
- Re: updated root hints file Randy Bush (Jan 29)
- RE: updated root hints file Ray Plzak (Jan 29)
- Re: updated root hints file Joe Abley (Jan 29)
- Re: updated root hints file Mr. James W. Laferriere (Jan 29)
- Re: updated root hints file Stephen J. Wilcox (Jan 29)
- Re: updated root hints file Jess Kitchen (Jan 29)
- Re: updated root hints file Daniel Karrenberg (Jan 29)
- Re: updated root hints file bill (Jan 29)
- Re: updated root hints file Stephane Bortzmeyer (Jan 30)