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

[mcn4 at leicester.ac.uk (Matthew Newton)]

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."

Cheers,

Matthew


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