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[Jeff Taylor <shdwdrgn AT sourpuss.net>]

Some folks have pointed out that the root-hints file is out of date.  Today I 
have been working on a script to generate a brand new hints file, pulling all 
data directly from ICANN's root servers.  The hardest part of this project has 
been sorting out the A records to be grouped under their proper $ORIGIN headings.

I have a sample file available here:  http://opennic.oss/files/root-hints

I would like help in verifying the contents of this hints file.  Basically its a 
sanity check, to confirm that the A records for each TLD match all of the NS 
records for the zone.  Any manual verification of individual TLD data would be 
appreciated.  I figure if we can spot-check several of the TLDs to confirm the 
validity my generated file, we should be able to assume all the other groups are 
being generated correctly.  I will be running a live test on the file later the 
evening, but this zone file should be complete.

The plan is to get to the point where we can generate a nightly build of the 
hints file, and update the root zone if there are any changes.  Looking at the 
number of changes I have seen right off, I couldn't even guess when the last 
full update has been to this file.