IPv6 DNS autoconfiguration?
Toomas Soome
tsoome@ut.ee
Thu, 25 May 2000 18:02:51 +0200
Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino wrote:
>
> >> Unfortunately Nick I don't think it's quite as simple :(
> >> Most people use their ISP's resolvers, so link-local and site-local
> >> addresses won't be much use.
> >As DNS is "global" naming service, it is not too easy to integrate local
> >names such as site local or even worse - link local with it.
>
> I think distinction has to be made here. Original posting mentioned
> use of link-local/site-local address as DNS server's IPv6 address,
> which will be used by clients to contact DNS servers.
> You are talking about putting scoped address into DNS database.
> They are very different topic (modulo NS record), I believe.
>
oops, I'm sorry, my mistake.
toomas
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