[afnog] Planned IN-ADDR.ARPA Nameserver Change

[GOGWIM, JOEL GODWIN]

Hi Joe,
I guessed the processing begin to change the nameserver on Wednesday
2011-02-16 and NOT on Wednesday 2010-02-16 as stated in the mail.

Thank you for the info.



On Mon, January 31, 2011 1:16 am, Joe Abley said:
> PLANNED IN-ADDR.ARPA NAMESERVER CHANGE
>
> This is a courtesy notification of an upcoming change to the
> nameserver set for the IN-ADDR.ARPA zone.
>
> There is no expected impact on the functional operation of the DNS
> due to this change.
>
> There are no actions required by DNS server operators or end users.
>
> For more information about this work, please see
> <http://in-addr-transition.icann.org/>.
>
> DETAIL
>
> The IN-ADDR.ARPA zone is used to provide reverse mapping (number
> to name) for IPv4. The servers which currently provide authoritative
> DNS service for the IN-ADDR.ARPA zone are as follows:
>
>   A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>   B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>   C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>   D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>   E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>   F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>   G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>   H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>   I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>   K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>   L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>   M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
>
> On Wednesday 2010-02-16 processing will begin to change the nameserver
> set to the following, as described in RFC 5855:
>
>   A.IN-ADDR-SERVERS.ARPA (operated by ARIN)
>   B.IN-ADDR-SERVERS.ARPA (operated by ICANN)
>   C.IN-ADDR-SERVERS.ARPA (operated by AfriNIC)
>   D.IN-ADDR-SERVERS.ARPA (operated by LACNIC)
>   E.IN-ADDR-SERVERS.ARPA (operated by APNIC)
>   F.IN-ADDR-SERVERS.ARPA (operated by RIPE NCC)
>
> The usual IANA process for a change in the ARPA zone involves a
> series of technical checks and the gathering of various authorisations,
> and may take several days to complete.
>
> Following this, the IN-ADDR.ARPA zone will be dropped from root
> servers in two groups:
>
> 1. Week of 2011-02-21 -- 2011-02-25
>
>  B, C, E, G, I, M
>
> 2. Week of 2011-02-28 -- 2011-03-11
>
>  A, D, F, H, K, L
>
> Individual root server operators will choose a time for the maintenance
> within their respective window and follow their usual procedures
> to carry out the change.
>
> Courtesy notification will be sent to this list once this change
> has been fully implemented.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Joe Abley
> Director DNS Operations
> ICANN
>
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