good afternoon, back on 14 january 2004, we provided notification that the "B" root server address was being renumbered. this renumbering occured 28 january 2004. we have continued to run root service on the old address since then to ease transition for those who might have needed more time to make the change. please ensure that you have a current "root.hints" or "cache.db" file. The Current version may be downloaded from: http://www.internic.net/zones/named.root we have requested and received permission to terminate root service on the old IP address for the "B" root server and plan to do so on 01 january 2006. if there are concerns or questions, please let us know. --bill manning for <hostmaster@b.root-servers.net>