Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP GTM, LTM
Known Affected Versions:
11.4.1, 11.6.0, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2
Fixed In:
12.1.0, 12.0.0 HF3, 11.6.1, 11.5.4 HF2, 11.4.1 HF10
Opened: Oct 06, 2015 Severity: 3-Major
The IPv4 and IPv6 addresses for H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET are changing on December 1st 2015 from (128.63.2.53 / 2001:500:1::803f:235) to (198.97.190.53 / 2001:500:1::53). The old addresses will be good for 6 months after the change, and then the IPv4 address will go completely offline, and the IPv6 address is subject to go offline as well. More details http://h.root-servers.org/renumber.html
Incorrect address for a root-server means no response to that query.
DNS Resolver uses hard-coded root hints for H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.
There are 12 other root-servers that also provide answers to TLD queries, so this is cosmetic, but the addresses still need to be updated to respond to the change.
Updated H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET to reflect the new IPv4 and IPv6 addresses taking effect December 1st, 2015 from (128.63.2.53 / 2001:500:1::803f:235) to (198.97.190.53 / 2001:500:1::53). For more information, see H-Root will change its addresses on 1 December 2015, available here: http://h.root-servers.org/renumber.html.