[Bug 1160464] Re: Bind db.root outdated, backport only the db.root file, for LTS important to keep db.root updated

[Robie Basak]

Also see bug 1090593.

That addresses the issue of an old published root server IP that will
stop responding in the future, causing a small (few second) delay in the
one thirteenth of startups where bind will time out before it is able to
bootstrap the latest root NS records from one of the other root servers.

LaMont wanted to go further and backport the entire root zone file as
you suggested. I remain unconvinced that there is any point, since I
don't see how there will be any impact on the hints file being behind in
general since it picks up the latest records from any root server it can
find on startup. But LaMont is the Debian maintainer for bind and the
conclusion was to go with the full backport.

Subscribing and assigning LaMont, since AIUI he's already going to do
this for bug 1090593. But I'll keep the bugs separate for now, since bug
1090593 is that D is out of date, this bug is that they're all out of
date, and it is possible to resolve one bug without the other.

** Changed in: bind9 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: bind9 (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: bind9 (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => LaMont Jones (lamont)

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Title:
  Bind db.root outdated, backport only the db.root file, for LTS
  important to keep db.root updated

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