[BALUG-Admin] DNS: new root hints 2024-05-12 ... 2024-05-28

[Michael Paoli]

FYI, there's new root hints file as of 2024-05-28:
https://www.internic.net/domain/named.root
see also:
https://www.iana.org/domains/root/files
Also, Debian stable isn't quite caught up to that yet (though
I expect it will likely be with upcoming stable update).
And yes, "newer" (/non-ancient) BIND versions
are "smart" enough to catch this, notice, and complain
(the bit in the logs was what first caught my attention on it).

times UTC / GMT0:
# cat /etc/debian_version; sed -ne '3,4p;4q'
/etc/bind/named.conf.default-zones && dpkg -S
/usr/share/dns/root.hints && dpkg -l dns-root-data | grep '^ii '; diff
-U0 /usr/share/dns/root.hints <(su - test -c 'curl -s
https://www.internic.net/domain/named.root')
12.5
        type hint;
        file "/usr/share/dns/root.hints";
dns-root-data: /usr/share/dns/root.hints
ii  dns-root-data  2023010101   all          DNS root data including
root zone and DNSSEC key
--- /usr/share/dns/root.hints   2023-01-11 07:22:00.000000000 +0000
+++ /dev/fd/63  2024-06-05 05:57:26.860941086 +0000
@@ -12,2 +12,2 @@
-;       last update:     January 01, 2023
-;       related version of root zone:     2023010101
+;       last update:     May 28, 2024
+;       related version of root zone:     2024052801
@@ -24,2 +24,2 @@
-B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     199.9.14.201
-B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      AAAA  2001:500:200::b
+B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      A     170.247.170.2
+B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.      3600000      AAAA  2801:1b8:10::b
#
May 12 20:45:20 tigger named[3452]: checkhints: b.root-servers.net/A
(170.247.170.2) missing from hints
May 12 20:45:20 tigger named[3452]: checkhints: b.root-servers.net/A
(199.9.14.201) extra record in hints
May 12 20:45:20 tigger named[3452]: checkhints:
b.root-servers.net/AAAA (2801:1b8:10::b) missing from hints
May 12 20:45:20 tigger named[3452]: checkhints:
b.root-servers.net/AAAA (2001:500:200::b) extra record in hints