Important Informational Message - root.zone change

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*****PLEASE NOTE*****
This is an important Informational Message to the internet community:

November 5, 2002, the IP address for J.root-servers.net will
change in the authoritative NS set for "dot". The change will
be reflected in zone serial # 2002110501.

The new set of servers authoritative for "dot" will be:
A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 198.41.0.4
H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 128.63.2.53
C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 192.33.4.12
G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 192.112.36.4
F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 192.5.5.241
B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 128.9.0.107
J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 192.58.128.30
K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 193.0.14.129
L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 198.32.64.12
M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 202.12.27.33
I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 192.36.148.17
E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 192.203.230.10
D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. 5w6d16h IN A 128.8.10.90

This WILL require a change to your root hints file. The new
file will be available via anonymous ftp from
rs.internic.net:/domain/named.root as well as
ftp.internic.net:/doamin/named.root starting 11/5/02 1700UTC (12pm
EST/9am PST).

Both the new and old j.root-servers.net IP space will provide
answers in parallel for the foreseeable future.

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Please note that

ftp.internic.net:/doamin/named.root

Should read

ftp.internic.net:/domain/named.root

Both will work though.
Sorry about that.. Not enough coffee today.

JC

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I believe that updating your hints file is a good idea, but
your internet isn't going to die if you don't do it right away.

BIND and other decent reslovers will always load the current copy
of the "Root Zone" from any reachable root server. That data will
take precidence over the data in the static Hints File.

Thus as long as you can reach at least one root server (has always
been the case) you will be just fine.

I suspect that the next time you update your resolver software
there will be a new 'hints file' with that software.

The last time a server was renumbered was around 5 years ago, hints
update wasn't needed then.

John Brown
Le Geek