[dns-operations] L-Root IPv6 Address renumbering

[Yasuhiro Orange Morishita / 森下泰宏]

A question: How long will the old IPv6 address continue the L-Root
service after the change?

-- Orange

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Yasuhiro 'Orange' Morishita
Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd. (JPRS)

From: Mauricio Vergara <mauricio.vergara at icann.org>
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 21:29:38 +0000

> This is an advance notice that there is a scheduled change to the IPv6
> addresses in the DNS Root Zone for the L root-server, also known as
> L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET, which is administered by ICANN.
> 
> The current IP addresses for the L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET service are:
> 
> 199.7.83.42
> 2001:500:3::42
> 
> As of March 23, 2016; the new IP addresses for the L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> service will be:
> 
> 199.7.83.42
> 2001:500:9f::42
> 
> The change will be implemented on the root zone on March 23, 2016
> 2100UTC,  however the new address is already operational.
> 
> We encourage DNS infrastructure operators to update their DNS
> resolvers root "hints² files ASAP.
> 
> New hints files will be available at the usual URLs once the
> change has been formally executed on March 23, 2016:
> 
> http://www.internic.net/domain/named.root
> http://www.internic.net/domain/named.cache
> 
> 
> -- 
> Mauricio Vergara Ereche
> Lead DNS Engineer
> ICANN
> Los Angeles, CA
> 
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