North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: What happened to root-server serial number?
some of the reasons a lot of us pay so little attention to most alternative root nameserver systems are: they often don't do their homework, and they often don't pay attention to the details. diffing text files as a way to check for zone changes would be one way to commit both errors at the same time. running a so-called root name server with recursion enabled would be another. pfaa. re: [email protected] (Peter Dambier) writes: > Todd Vierling wrote: > > On Sat, 3 Sep 2005, Peter Dambier wrote: > > > > > >>And I am glad they are updating again, > > > > > > The root zone (.) changes infrequently enough that a delay of 24h or less > > should not matter at all. It's not like the zone is, for instance, COM. or > > CO.UK. > > > > > >>although > >> 2005-09-03 (246) 09:37:36 Paris > >> 2005-09-03 (246) 07:37:36 UTC > > > > > > I don't understand your worries here. Why the paranoia? > > > > Because the FTPed root.zone had changes and updated the serialnumber. > The root-servers did not get it for two days. > > -- > Peter and Karin Dambier > Public-Root > Graeffstrasse 14 > D-64646 Heppenheim > +49-6252-671788 (Telekom) > +49-179-108-3978 (O2 Genion) > +49-6252-750308 (VoIP: sipgate.de) > +1-360-448-1275 (VoIP: freeworldialup.com) > mail: [email protected] > http://iason.site.voila.fr > http://www.kokoom.com/iason > -- Paul Vixie
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