[dns-wg] IANA introduces AAAA record for K-root

Dear Colleagues,

Yesterday, 4 February 2008, at around 17:00 (UTC), IANA introduced AAAA
records for six of the root servers in the root server system. One of 
these servers is k.root-servers.net (2001:7fd::1), which is managed by 
the RIPE NCC. This change allows the root zone to be queried over IPv6.

The K-root IPv6 prefix is currently anycast from the two global nodes,
located in Amsterdam and Miami. The introduction of the AAAA records 
went smoothly, and we are monitoring the query rate and pattern. We are 
also collecting more detailed information for future analysis.

A graph showing the IPv6 query rate for the last 24 hours can be viewed 
at:

http://ripe.net/news/k-root-aaaa-announcement.html

More information about AAAA records in the root zone is available at:

http://www.iana.org/reports/root-aaaa-announcement.html

Regards,

-- 
Anand Buddhdev
DNS Services Manager, RIPE NCC