Re: New addresses for b.root-servers.net

[Masataka Ohta <mohta () necom830 hpcl titech ac jp>]

Robert Story wrote:

> The commitment to maintain service for 1 year after the new LACNIC
> addresses are switched in to the root.hints from IANA does not mean that
> this is a cutoff date and that we intend to turn off service on the
> older addresses after a year.  We currently have no plans to do so for
> the foreseeable future. In fact, the possibility has not even been
> suggested or discussed at all.

Such total lack of advance and public discussion and preparation
on a substantial change on critical infrastructure is a serious
problem, I'm afraid.

                                        Masataka Ohta