On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Jason Castonguay <casto...@umd.edu> wrote:
> The old address, which is in the middle of UMD's network, is going to be > black-holed once the change is over. Nothing will be on that IP once we > move the root off. The rest of UMD's network is staying put. This move > is part of UMD's commitment to improve the service, so we can support > DNS anycast. > > Just a quick question....if the old block is going to be black-holed but kept allocated...why does it need to be changed in the first place, or why does the existing have to be disabled? (just have both addresses active/responding?) Forgive me if I'm missing something.
