Mike, You will need to update your root.hints file on any of your forwarding DNS servers. Most OS vendors will include an update but its a good idea to manually check.
On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Michael Thomas <m...@mtcc.com> wrote: > Matthew Newton 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." >> > > So really stupid question, and hopefully it's just me, do I need to do > something > on my servers? > > Second question: I know that renumbering is important in the abstract, but > is there > really an overwhelming reason why renumbering the root servers is > critical? Shouldn't > they all be in PI space for starters? > > Mike > >