IPV6 reverse DNS

[Bill Manning]

 Sure, as soon as BIND supports A6 records. Through BINDv9rc5, A6 records
would cause an assertion failure. There is also a plan to open a real v6
capable root server system by the end of the year.



% 
% Dear all,
% 
% RFC 2874 predicts the replacement of AAAA records (under the ip6.int zone) 
% by A6 records (under the ip6.arpa zone).
% 
% However, the 6bone DNS reverse delegation seems to only implement the AAAA 
% solution.
% DANTE and the TEN-155 connected countries in Europe have started 
% implementing the A6 delegation, with a fake root server.
% 
% Are there any plans on the 6bone to migrate?
% 
% DH.
% 
% At 01:07 PM 9/7/00 -0700, Bob Fink wrote:
% You will need a nameserver that supports IPv6 AAAA records. The IPv6 DNS 
% Setup web
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--bill