According to a post on NANOG list, Verisign will change the serial number format and "minimum" value in the .com and .net zones' SOA records on or shortly after 9 February 2004. According to the post "this serial number format change is in preparation for potentially more frequent updates to these zones."
The relevant NANOG thread seems to have already covered all issues involved including "possible" RFC problems. I am posting this here so people should be aware of the change.
Relevant NANOG post is here: http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/msg00794.html
Related InfoWorld story here: http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/01/08/HNverisigncom_1.html
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SolidMatrix Technologies, Inc. / research <at> solidmatrix.com
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