Beavis wrote: > Greetings, > > I wanted to get the latest root.hints available, and I'm looking at 2 > options. > > 1.) run the query. > > dig +tcp @a.root-servers.net . ns > > but this one times out on those ipv6 dns boxes. > Hmmm... I don't have any problem with that, but then I don't have any IPv6 addresses defined on my boxes.
Have you tried the "-4" option to dig?
> 2.) download the root.hints from ftp.internic.net
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That would work too.
- Kevin
