Last week IANA processed a request to add AAAA records for one of the thirteen DNS root-servers.
L.root-servers.net, operated by ICANN, became the seventh of the root servers to have it’s IPv6 address records (AAAA) added into the DNS root-zone. The addition of IPv6 service is part of ICANN’s ongoing commitment to act as a leader in enabling IPv6 services throughout the DNS.
The new IPv6 address is 2001:500:3::42
To access this service DNS operators should update their hints files. In fact checking that you have the latest hints file on a regular basis is always good operational practice.
The latest hints files are available at the following URLs:
ftp://rs.internic.net/domain/named.root
ftp://ftp.internic.net/domain/named.root
The root servers currently answering on IPv6 are:
A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET 2001:503:ba3e::2:30
F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET 2001:500:2f::f
H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET 2001:500:1::803f:235
J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET 2001:503:c27::2:30
K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET 2001:7fd::1
L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET 2001:500:3::42
M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET 2001:dc3::35
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Stéphane Bortzmeyer 12.16.08 at 1:56 am
It may be a good idea to provide instructions on the safe retrieval of the hints file (by “safe”, I mean “authentified”, since this blog is not authentified). For instance, in the same directory, you get a PGP signature of the hints file, made by the root zone operator:
% gpg --verify /tmp/named.root.sig
gpg: Signature made Fri Dec 12 16:34:48 2008 CET using DSA key ID 17AE3F79
gpg: Good signature from "Registry Administrator "
BUGabundo 12.16.08 at 10:11 am
F and L have the best IPs
Ksesha 03.16.10 at 4:12 am
Реальная тема!
Varyusha 03.17.10 at 7:59 am
Материал уже не новый, но интересный!
Dasha 03.20.10 at 9:31 am
Лично я ничего не понял!
Senyusha 03.21.10 at 2:12 am
Раз не понял, то учи английский язык!
Miletya 04.22.10 at 10:48 am
Без языка никуда!
смеси 12.09.10 at 12:08 pm
иногда очень полезно перечитать старые материалы. Спасибо!
moimir 11.23.11 at 9:25 pm
все новое это хорошо забытое старое