Using 1997 root list with BIND 4.9.3

[Barry Margolin]

In article <174C54366205D211A2F900A0C9C83B3203CBAC4F at fd11.ftb.ca.gov>,
Stewart.Ann <Ann_Stewart at ftb.ca.gov> wrote:
>Does anyone know of any problems I might encounter if I replace my 1995
>InterNIC root server file with their current root server file on an HP-UX
>10.2 machine using BIND 4.9.3?  The format of the file is somewhat
>different.

I don't think the format of the file has changed in ages, just the
contents.

In any case, it doesn't really matter, because one of the first things that
BIND does when it starts up is query one of the root servers to get the
current list.  From then on what you had in your file is ignored.

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