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Re: Re: Advisory — D-root is changing its IPv4 address on the 3rd of January.
From: Mark Andrews <marka () isc org>
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:32:25 +1100
In message <42515678-F2CE-48CE-A0E6-4211C5F0F1A1 () puck nether net>, Jared Mauch writes:
On Dec 15, 2012, at 4:58 PM, Mark Andrews <marka () isc org> wrote:I realise that keeping the old IP functional for some time is =importantfor all the static configurations. But does it matter if a dynamic =listis updated "real time" without much advance warning ?=20 3 weeks is not a lot of "advance warning".3 weeks is plenty for a service that in 6 months you may see degraded to = 12/13 capacity if you haven't properly maintained it AND it is used for = recursive service. (trusting a referral from a root or sub-root = delegation to the root is crazy!).
3 weeks is not a lot of time to inform every recursive service operator in the world that there is a change coming. Remember nameservers will start logging warning messages as of January 3rd. There is a big difference between 'This is just fallout from D changing it's address' to 'What does this message mean and do I have to worry?'
I could only wish my automobile would notify me 6 months of its = impending failure should I take no action... Oh, and you can just download the root zone from = ftp://ftp.internic.net/domain/root.zone ... - Jared=
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- Re: Advisory — D-root is changing its IPv4 address on the 3rd of January. Jean-Francois Mezei (Dec 15)
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