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Re: Advisory — D-root is changing its IPv4 address on the 3rd of January.
- Subject: Re: Advisory — D-root is changing its IPv4 address on the 3rd of January.
- From: drc at virtualized.org (David Conrad)
- Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 08:15:22 -0800
- In-reply-to: <CAN2EnhA_yps8dOmNSk=hi60djJUVyQ3tP3TESKWRHZ72xVWtUQ@mail.gmail.com>
- References: <[email protected]> <CAN2EnhA_yps8dOmNSk=hi60djJUVyQ3tP3TESKWRHZ72xVWtUQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Dec 17, 2012, at 11:30 PM, ITechGeek <itg at itechgeek.com> wrote:
> For anyone who is worried that the root server change might impact them,
> they can go to http://www.iana.org/domains/root/files and download the root
> zone file. It probably won't need to be updated again until the next round
> of gTLDs is approved.
Err, no.
The root zone changes twice a day and its contents change quite frequently as TLD managers update their name servers, do key rollovers, etc.
If you're going to copy the root zone, I'd recommend using a zone transfer from the name servers described in http://dns.icann.org/services/axfr/ or, at the very least, set up a cron job to pull the root zone twice a day.
WRT the root _hints_ change, setting up a cron job to pull, verify, and install the root hints file periodically (once a month should probably be sufficient) would probably be a good idea.
Regards,
-drc