v4 given v6

[Bob Fink]

At 3:18 PM -0800 1/22/98, Matt Crawford wrote:
>> Given a 6bone node's v6 address, what's the best way to find a v4 address
>> for the node (if it has one)?
>
>I would look up the PTR record in ip6.int, then look up the A record
>for that name.  However, there are some obstacles:
>
>	The ip6.int is often not well-maintained.  We knew about this
>	problem from the git-go.
>
>	Some people are naming their IPv6 nodes in a separate
>	subdomain, maybe because their regular DNS servers don't
>	support AAAA records.

Might it be a good time to try to go away from this convention (i.e., a
separate ipv6 subdomain)?

As we try more and more to act like a real dual v4/v6 environment it would
be best to not do this.

Can advocates of maintaining this convention please state their reasons for
this to the list?


Thanks,

Bob