Also, this appears to be par for the course for the last two IP Address changes on root-servers.net.
That's why they keep the old address online for at least six months after the official change. On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Matthew Newton <[email protected]>wrote: > On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 04:42:46PM +0000, Nick Hilliard wrote: > > On 13/12/2012 22:54, Jason Castonguay wrote: > > > Advisory — D-root is changing its IPv4 address on the 3rd of January. > > > > You've just given 3 weeks notice for a component change in one of the few > > critical part of the Internet's infrastructure, at a time when most > > I think that /was/ the advance notification - you've got 6 months :) > > "The old address will continue to work for at least six months > after the transition, but will ultimately be retired from > service." > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > > -- > Matthew Newton, Ph.D. <[email protected]> > > Systems Architect (UNIX and Networks), Network Services, > I.T. Services, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom > > For IT help contact helpdesk extn. 2253, <[email protected]> > > -- 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
