Upgrade of 'DNS.RIPE.NET' 2003-03-13 13:30-14:00 UTC

The RIPE NCC is upgrading its primary nameserver, 'DNS.RIPE.NET', between
13:30 and 14:00 (UTC) on the 13th of March, 2003 by replacing the hardware
with a new machine.

There will be a short period (on the order of 30 seconds) when queries
will not be answered.  Most resolvers will simply retry or try another
nameserver when this occurs.

There is also a small window (on the order of two minutes) where some
zones secondaried by 'DNS.RIPE.NET' may appear to go backwards to a
previous version (although we will attempt to ensure that all zones are up
to date before changing over).  This situation will correct itself within
a short period of time.

For any further questions on the upgrade of this machine, please contact
ops at ripe.net .

Kind regards,

-- 
                             Bruce Campbell                            RIPE
                   Systems/Network Engineer                             NCC
                 www.ripe.net - PGP562C8B1B             Operations/Security