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Re: Advisory — D-root is changing its IPv4 address on the 3rd of January.
From: David Conrad <drc () virtualized org>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 08:15:22 -0800
On Dec 17, 2012, at 11:30 PM, ITechGeek <itg () itechgeek com> wrote:
For anyone who is worried that the root server change might impact them, they can go to http://www.iana.org/domains/root/files and download the root zone file. It probably won't need to be updated again until the next round of gTLDs is approved.
Err, no. The root zone changes twice a day and its contents change quite frequently as TLD managers update their name servers, do key rollovers, etc. If you're going to copy the root zone, I'd recommend using a zone transfer from the name servers described in http://dns.icann.org/services/axfr/ or, at the very least, set up a cron job to pull the root zone twice a day. WRT the root _hints_ change, setting up a cron job to pull, verify, and install the root hints file periodically (once a month should probably be sufficient) would probably be a good idea. Regards, -drc
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