On Dec 17, 2012, at 11:30 PM, ITechGeek <i...@itechgeek.com> wrote: > For anyone who is worried that the root server change might impact them, > they can go to http://www.iana.org/domains/root/files and download the root > zone file. It probably won't need to be updated again until the next round > of gTLDs is approved.
Err, no. The root zone changes twice a day and its contents change quite frequently as TLD managers update their name servers, do key rollovers, etc. If you're going to copy the root zone, I'd recommend using a zone transfer from the name servers described in http://dns.icann.org/services/axfr/ or, at the very least, set up a cron job to pull the root zone twice a day. WRT the root _hints_ change, setting up a cron job to pull, verify, and install the root hints file periodically (once a month should probably be sufficient) would probably be a good idea. Regards, -drc
