[dns-wg] Deletion of ns-v6.ripe.net

On 24/04/2018 16:48, Jim Reid wrote:

Hi Jim,

> Anand, could you clarify what you mean by “no longer in use”? Has it
> gone from all the reverse zones that referenced it? Are no more queries
> for ns-v6.ripe.net hitting the ripe.net name servers?

There are no domain objects in the RIPE Database, with "ns-v6.ripe.net"
in their "nserver" attributes.

The domains that are using "ns.ripe.net", when queried for NS records,
only return "ns.ripe.net" and not "ns-v6.ripe.net".

Checking for queries for "ns-v6.ripe.net" on the all the ripe.net name
servers isn't possible, because we don't have access to query logs of
the servers that provide us with secondary DNS service. Even if we
*could* look at the queries, and they showed queries for
"ns-v6.ripe.net", it doesn't mean that the name is in use.

> I’m wondering if the name might still be hard-wired into scripts or
> provisioning/testing tools.

It may be hard-wired in some scripts, and if so, they may produce an
error. However, it is not used as the target of any NS records that we
are aware of, so I don't expect any major outages.

Regards,
Anand