6bone Database cleansing?

David Kessens david@IPRG.nokia.com
Tue, 23 Apr 2002 12:52:26 -0700


Michael,

On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 07:58:40PM +0200, Michael Kjorling wrote:
> >
> > > I should have a public DNS working soon... but for the application:
> > > lines, where can I add these ?
> >
> > something like this in the 6bone whois db:
> >
> > application:  domain dns1.v6bone.de
> >
> > or
> >
> > application:  nntp news.v6bone.de
> 
> I'm wondering - do I, as an end user site (with a /48), need to put in
> "application" entries in my 6bone whois ipv6-site object? As can be
> seen on http://whois.6bone.net/cgi-bin/whois?wolfpack, I don't have
> any now.
> 
> Just don't want to be violating some standard or consensus. I would
> rather be part of the solution than part of the problem.

It's totally optional. It allows you to help other try out ipv6
services on the network, or the other way around, people can test
whether you have a network problem, and might be willing to drop you a
mail when they find a problem.

I hope this helps,

David K.
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