Your DNS will continue to work as long as there is at least one valid root server address in the hints file.

This is true as long as the old IP address is taken out of service, i.e. doesn't answer "." DNS queries at all or - as in this case - continues to serve the "right" NS RRSet. And, the ftp copy is not necessary, because "dig @${X}.root-servers.net. . ns" does the job (for $X in A .. M) - unless you trust the DNS less than you trust ftp - after the "root-servers.net" zone will have been updated. -Peter

Now that UltraDNS and others have been selected to run .ORG[Y]... http://www.ultradns.com/about/advisors.html Dr. Dave Farber Bill Manning http://www.arin.net/about_us/ab_org_bot.html Bill Manning http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space ================================= How is the .ORG[Y] $6 per domain per year divided between all of the various people ? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Manning" <bmanning@ISI.EDU> To: "Daniel Karrenberg" <Daniel.Karrenberg@ripe.net> Cc: <crain@icann.org>; <dns-wg@ripe.net>; <lir-wg@ripe.net> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 7:43 AM Subject: Re: [lir-wg] Important Informational Message - root.zone change

% Also note that a hints file change is ***not required***. % You can do that anytime within the next -say- 5 **years** or so. % Your DNS will continue to work as long as there is at least % one valid root server address in the hints file. % % Daniel

not required -now- but it will be, eventually. to clarify the last statement, "...at least one reachable, valid..."

as long as this announced change is fresh in your minds, it might be useful to make the changes in you live systems, then be on the lookout for any new systems deployed in the next few years as it will nessasary to fix them as well (since they are already in the "channel" and will have stale data.)

in general, this is not a make/break situation. there is no flag day. folks can even make the change before the "insertion" day and still be functional.

-- --bill

Modern DNS software does all that automatically. People do not have to touch it. Manual operations are expensive, prone to error and require humans to fly around in meat space explaining how things do not work. It is better to build a NetWork. Jim Fleming 128-bit DNS is closer than you think... COM...DE...NET...ORG...INFO...BIZ...US http://ipv8.dyndns.tv http://ipv8.dyns.cx http://ipv8.no-ip.com http://ipv8.no-ip.biz http://ipv8.no-ip.info http://ipv8.myip.us http://ipv8.dyn.ee http://ipv8.community.net.au ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Crain" <crain@icann.org> To: "'Daniel Karrenberg'" <Daniel.Karrenberg@ripe.net> Cc: "'RIPE DNS WG'" <dns-wg@ripe.net>; "'RIPE LIR WG'" <lir-wg@ripe.net> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 10:41 AM Subject: RE: [lir-wg] Important Informational Message - root.zone change This is of course true, but it doesn't mean you should wait 5 years. Not updating you hints is not going to cause you any grief but it is good practice to keep it up to date when it changes. JC

-----Original Message----- From: lir-wg-admin@ripe.net [mailto:lir-wg-admin@ripe.net] On Behalf Of Daniel Karrenberg Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 11:33 PM To: John Crain Cc: 'RIPE DNS WG'; 'RIPE LIR WG' Subject: RE: [lir-wg] Important Informational Message - root.zone change

Also note that a hints file change is ***not required***. You can do that anytime within the next -say- 5 **years** or so. Your DNS will continue to work as long as there is at least one valid root server address in the hints file.

Daniel