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From: Leif Neland <leifn@internet.dk>
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On Tue, 5 May 1998, Doug White wrote:

> On Tue, 5 May 1998, Leif Neland wrote:
> 
> > Just wondering: Is there any reason why named doesn't fetch a new
> > named.root with the root nameservers regularly?
> 
> Well, it does, you just don't notice it nor does it actually write it
> down.  If you watch named do its thing with tcpdump sometime you'll see it
> bothering the root servers when it's quiet and intuiting an updated list.
> You can always grab a new one for yourself tho, it's in internic somewhere
> :)
> 

Well, why doesn't it write it down then?




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