From: Warren Liang (warren.liang@cox.net)
Date: Mon Nov 28 2005 - 16:38:48 EST
Hello:
Received many great responses, like to share the following:
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>From Bob Windsor, Dale Ghent, and Mathew Sams:
You can always get the latest root hints file by executing:
dig @a.root-servers.net ns . > named.root
It rarely changes, so it's totally conceivable that the last change was january 2004.
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>From Bill Williams:
nslookup -query=any ROOT-SERVERS.net
ROOT-SERVERS.net
origin = a.ROOT-SERVERS.net
mail addr = nstld.verisign-grs.com
serial = 2004012900
refresh = 14400
retry = 7200
expire = 1209600
minimum = 3600000
The SOA date (serial = 2004012900) would indicate that it is.
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>From Crist Clark:
Yes and no. But it really doesn't matter. As long as a few of the root servers are OK, your name server should be able to get the latest root zone from them. That's why it is called a "hints" file. Your server just needs some hints where to start looking for the root zone.
You have the latest hints file.
However if you look at the root zone,
$ nslookup -type=soa .
You should find the latest serial to be 2005112701. But the root zone contains a lot besides the hints, delegations for the gTLDs, ccTLDs, etc. plus all of their glue.
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Thanks again.
Warren
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