Re: Advisory — D-root is changing its IPv4 address on the 3rd of January.

[Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists () gmail com>]

On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Michael Thomas <mike () mtcc com> wrote:
> Matthew Newton wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 04:42:46PM +0000, Nick Hilliard wrote:
> > > On 13/12/2012 22:54, Jason Castonguay wrote:
> > > > Advisory — D-root is changing its IPv4 address on the 3rd of January.
> > >
> > > You've just given 3 weeks notice for a component change in one of the few
> > > critical part of the Internet's infrastructure, at a time when most
> >
> >
> > I think that /was/ the advance notification - you've got 6 months :)
> >
> >  "The old address will continue to work for at least six months
> >   after the transition, but will ultimately be retired from
> >   service."
>
>
> So really stupid question, and hopefully it's just me, do I need to do
> something
> on my servers?

your crontab that updates your root-hints may already have caught the change...

> Second question: I know that renumbering is important in the abstract, but
> is there
> really an overwhelming reason why renumbering the root servers is critical?
> Shouldn't
> they all be in PI space for starters?

;; ANSWER SECTION:
d.root-servers.net.     604800  IN      A       128.8.10.90

128.8.0.0/16 - legacy space...

> Mike