secondary name server that understands AAAA records

W. Richard Stevens W. Richard Stevens" <rstevens@kohala.com
Tue, 3 Sep 1996 11:15:59 -0700


Before adding AAAA records to my name server I started wondering
just what my secondary was going to do when it got AAAA records
in the zone transfers.  As Mark Andrews pointed out to me, even
if the secondary's server ignores them gracefully (which it isn't
ovbious older versions of bind do) one's secondary server had
better understand AAAA records too, since all servers are
considered equal.

Currently my ISP is providing my secondary, but they're not at
bind-4.9.4 so I'd better find a new secondary.  Is anyone willing
to provide a secondary--I'm willing to reciprocate for anyone else
needing an IPv6-knowledgable secondary.

BTW, shouldn't this be added to some of the transition documentation
somewhere--the fact that not only must one's name server be AAAA
knowledgable, but also one's secondary server(s)?  It could take many
years for some vendors to ship a version of bind that understands
AAAA records.

	Rich Stevens