In message <42515678-f2ce-48ce-a0e6-4211c5f0f...@puck.nether.net>, Jared Mauch writes: > > On Dec 15, 2012, at 4:58 PM, Mark Andrews <ma...@isc.org> wrote: > > >> I realise that keeping the old IP functional for some time is = > important > >> for all the static configurations. But does it matter if a dynamic = > list > >> is updated "real time" without much advance warning ? > >=20 > > 3 weeks is not a lot of "advance warning". > > 3 weeks is plenty for a service that in 6 months you may see degraded to = > 12/13 capacity if you haven't properly maintained it AND it is used for = > recursive service. (trusting a referral from a root or sub-root = > delegation to the root is crazy!).
3 weeks is not a lot of time to inform every recursive service operator in the world that there is a change coming. Remember nameservers will start logging warning messages as of January 3rd. There is a big difference between 'This is just fallout from D changing it's address' to 'What does this message mean and do I have to worry?' > I could only wish my automobile would notify me 6 months of its = > impending failure should I take no action... > > Oh, and you can just download the root zone from = > ftp://ftp.internic.net/domain/root.zone ... > > - Jared= -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org
