Since there appears to be some confusion regarding the impact of old IP address entries for root servers, this blog entry by David Conrad may be of interest, perhaps especially the comment by Bill Manning and David's response:
http://blog.icann.org/?p=309 Regarding the security considerations, I think it's strange that e.g. IP address redelegation hasn't been mentioned. If this issue isn't resolved as an update to the current stable distribution, people will be refering to the old IP address for years to come, and who knows what happens to old nameserver IP addresses in that time frame? Should this _really_ rely on the goodwill of the people who at any moment in time manages the IP address? -- Jan
