On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 7:03 PM Wes Hardaker <wjhns61@hardakers.net> wrote:
All root server operators have made a strong commitment to only serving the DNS root as managed by IANA [1], I'm afraid this option is off the table. Although you could use some wiggle-ling to try and say this principle doesn't apply to "old addresses", I would not be willing to take that wiggle on behalf of b.root-servers.net.
Hi Wes, As I recall, the statement which started the thread could be paraphrased as one of those root server operating saying, "Hey Community, we'll continue to treat the old address as still a root DNS server for a year, maybe more, but no promises." I acknowledge that you'd prefer it be, "forever and a day," and perhaps that's what the answer should be, but in all due respect the document you cite is completely mute on the use of addresses which are -no longer- root DNS servers. At some point, somebody's going to want to do something with the old /24. If they didn't, nothing would stop them from committing to continue its use as a root DNS server (in addition to the new official address) for the remaining lifetime of the b-root service. The extra configuration and extra route announcement just don't have a high enough cost not to. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin bill@herrin.us https://bill.herrin.us/