[SANOG] [dns-operations] Advance notice - H-root address change on December 1, 2015

[Kabindra Shrestha]

Earlier today, addresses for H-root were changed as scheduled, so don't forget to update your hint file :)

You can grab the new one from:

>> http://www.internic.net/domain/named.root
http://www.internic.net/domain/named.cache


Thanks.

> On Sep 1, 2015, at 12:52 AM, Kabindra Shrestha <kabindra at pch.net> wrote:
> 
> FYI,
> 
> Thanks.
> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>> From: "Kash, Howard M CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)" <howard.m.kash.civ at mail.mil>
>> Subject: [dns-operations] Advance notice - H-root address change on December 1, 2015
>> Date: August 31, 2015 at 10:24:18 PM GMT+5:45
>> To: "dns-operations at lists.dns-oarc.net" <dns-operations at dns-oarc.net>
>> 
>> 
>> This is advance notice that there is a scheduled change to the IP addresses
>> for one of the authorities listed for the DNS root zone and the .ARPA TLD.
>> The change is to H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET, which is administered by the U.S. Army
>> Research Laboratory.
>> 
>> The new IPv4 address for this authority is 198.97.190.53.
>> 
>> The new IPv6 address for the authority is 2001:500:1::53.
>> 
>> This change is anticipated to be implemented in the root zone on 1 December
>> 2015, however the new addresses are operational now. They will replace the
>> previous IP addresses of 128.63.2.53 and 2001:500:1::803f:235 (also
>> previously known as AOS.BRL.MIL and AOS.ARL.ARMY.MIL).
>> 
>> We encourage operators of DNS infrastructure to update any references to the
>> old IP addresses and replace them with the new addresses. In particular,
>> many DNS resolvers have a DNS root "hints" file. This should be updated with
>> the new IP addresses.
>> 
>> New hints files will be available at the following URLs once the change has
>> been formally executed on December 1:
>> 
>> http://www.internic.net/domain/named.root
>> http://www.internic.net/domain/named.cache
>> 
>> The old IPv4 address will continue to work for six months after the
>> transition (until 1 June 2016), at which point it will be retired from
>> service.  The address will remain under the control of the Army Research
>> Laboratory, never to be used again for DNS service.  The old IPv6 address
>> will continue to work indefinitely, but may ultimately be retired from
>> service.
>> 
>> Simultaneous to the retirement of the old address on June 1, 2016, the
>> ASN for H-root will change from 13 to 1508.
>> 
>> You can monitor the transition of queries to the new addresses at the
>> following URL:
>> 
>> http://h.root-servers.org/old_vs_new.html
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Howard Kash
>> U.S. Army Research Laboratory
>> 
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> Regards,
> 
> Kabindra Shrestha
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Regards,

Kabindra Shrestha
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