Root server list

[Peter Laws]

Scott Baker wrote:
> If I run dig without any options it outputs a list of root servers:
> 
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> .                       482765  IN      NS      K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       482765  IN      NS      E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       482765  IN      NS      L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       482765  IN      NS      M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       482765  IN      NS      J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       482765  IN      NS      H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       482765  IN      NS      I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       482765  IN      NS      F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       482765  IN      NS      G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       482765  IN      NS      B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       482765  IN      NS      A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       482765  IN      NS      C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> .                       482765  IN      NS      D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
> 
> Where does that information come from? Have the IPs of the root servers
> ever had to change?
Your hints file ... or the hints file of the server you point at.

Yes, recently.


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Peter Laws / N5UWY
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University of Oklahoma Information Technology
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