Hi Henry, On 2013-01-03, at 13:29, Henry Steuart <hsteu...@alliedtelecom.net> wrote:
> Perhaps someone at internic.net could explain why the file in the first > directory is WRONG but that in the second includes the correct info? > [legacy cron jobs pointing at FTP. will obviously not succeed] > > ; This file is made available by InterNIC > ; under anonymous FTP as > ; file /domain/named.cache > ; on server FTP.INTERNIC.NET > ; -OR- RS.INTERNIC.NET I am not one of the people who works with root zone management, but I understand that: - the normative location of the root hints file is ftp://rs.internic.net/domain/named.root - some of the other mirrors take a few hours to update I appreciate that this is not obviously congruent with the text in the file you cited. I'll pass on this message, and thanks for the feedback. Joe