Suggested Hint File
We have suggested using the standard output from the command;
dig . NS @ns0.opennic.glue
This then makes way for a simply cron job task to update the file on a monthly to quarterly basis.
; <<>> DiG 9.7.0-P1 <<>> . NS @ns0.opennic.glue ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 35115 ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 5, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 8 ;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;. IN NS ;; ANSWER SECTION: . 172800 IN NS ns7.opennic.glue. . 172800 IN NS ns5.opennic.glue. . 172800 IN NS ns6.opennic.glue. . 172800 IN NS ns21.opennic.glue. . 172800 IN NS ns2.opennic.glue. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: ns2.opennic.glue. 14400 IN A 216.87.84.214 ns2.opennic.glue. 14400 IN AAAA 2001:470:8388:10::2 ns5.opennic.glue. 14400 IN A 128.177.28.254 ns6.opennic.glue. 14400 IN A 207.192.71.13 ns6.opennic.glue. 14400 IN AAAA 2002:cfc0:470d::1 ns7.opennic.glue. 14400 IN A 66.244.95.11 ns7.opennic.glue. 14400 IN AAAA 2001:470:1f10:c6::11 ns21.opennic.glue. 14400 IN A 202.83.95.229 ;; Query time: 118 msec ;; SERVER: 2001:470:1f0e:8a0::2#53(2001:470:1f0e:8a0::2) ;; WHEN: Tue Mar 8 10:53:30 2011 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 279