ns.ripe.net will change IP address

[Geert Jan de Groot <]

Hi,

Somewhere in the next couple of weeks, ns.ripe.net will change IP address.
The new box will have DNS recursion disabled
(i.e. you cannot resolve off it), to make chances lower to
get infected by bogus resource records without affecting intended operation.

This should go unnoticed to you, except:
- If you have a DNS glue record for ns.ripe.net, I ask you to
  remove the glue record. No zone except ripe.net needs it,
  newer DNS software ignores it but there is a lot of old
  software around..

- If you resolve off ns.ripe.net (some do, for backup reasons),
  I ask you to look for another solution. Please get in touch
  with ncc@localhost if you feel this is too much of a problem.

Many thanks to the people that I contacted last week
to open up their nameservers to allow the new box to get the
zones too. As far as I know, all zones are loaded at the new box.

We will maintain a nameserver at the old address for some time
after the switch, mainly to detect straggle pointers to the
old address.

Please refer questions to ncc@localhost.

Thanks,

Geert Jan