[lir-wg] Important Informational Message - root.zone change

Now that UltraDNS and others have been selected to run .ORG[Y]...
http://www.ultradns.com/about/advisors.html
Dr. Dave Farber
Bill Manning
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Bill Manning
http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space
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How is the .ORG[Y] $6 per domain per year divided between all of the various people ?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Manning" <bmanning at ISI.EDU>
To: "Daniel Karrenberg" <Daniel.Karrenberg at ripe.net>
Cc: <crain at icann.org>; <dns-wg at ripe.net>; <lir-wg at ripe.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 7:43 AM
Subject: Re: [lir-wg] Important Informational Message - root.zone change


> % Also note that a hints file change is ***not required***.
> % You can do that anytime within the next -say- 5 **years** or so.
> % Your DNS will continue to work as long as there is at least
> % one valid root server address in the hints file. 
> % 
> % Daniel
> 
> not required -now- but it will be, eventually.
> to clarify the last statement, "...at least one
> reachable, valid..."
> 
> as long as this announced change is fresh in your
> minds, it might be useful to make the changes in
> you live systems, then be on the lookout for 
> any new systems deployed in the next few years
> as it will nessasary to fix them as well (since
> they are already in the "channel" and will have
> stale data.)
> 
> in general, this is not a make/break situation.
> there is no flag day. folks can even make the change
> before the "insertion" day and still be functional.
> 
> 
> -- 
> --bill