On 13/12/2012 22:54, Jason Castonguay wrote:
Advisory — D-root is changing its IPv4 address on the 3rd of January.
Jason, You've just given 3 weeks notice for a component change in one of the few critical part of the Internet's infrastructure, at a time when most networks have entered a configuration freeze (which will usually finish at the end of 2013 week one or week two), and where two of those weeks are holiday / slack periods in large parts of the world where many people won't be working. In addition, there is no further announcement notices on www.root-servers.org, d.root-servers.net, www.iana.org or www.icann.org. You are absolutely kidding, right? Can I politely ask you / UMD to please reconsider the timing and publicisation of this change because it has important operational consequences for the entire globe. If you decide reconsider this change, could you please: - change the date to give the world several months warning. - change the date something which doesn't conflict with any of the major ethnic world holidays - create notification pages on www.root-servers.org, d.root-servers.net, www.iana.org or www.icann.org - announce more widely across e.g. other global NOG mailing lists, RIR mailing lists, etc Nick