[6bone] ip6.int or ip6.arpa or BOTH?

[John Fraizer]

On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Kimmo Suominen wrote:

> | From:    John Fraizer <tvo@EnterZone.Net>
> | Date:    Wed, 24 Jul 2002 21:19:24 -0400
> |
> | OK.
> |
> |  (1) What is nibble format?
> 
> $ORIGIN 2.0.0.0.c.0.0.b.0.0.9.2.e.f.f.3.ip6.arpa.
> 8.1.5.7.c.1.e.f.f.f.2.e.4.0.2.0 IN PTR beowulf.gw.com.
> 
> Regards,
> + Kim

OK.  That's how I've been doing things thus far.  Now, I find a new
problem.

It doesn't appear that ARIN has delegated ip6.arpa for 2001:4f0::/35 to
me.

; <<>> DiG 9.1.0 <<>> @arrowroot.arin.net soa
1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.f.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 46690
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.f.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa. IN
SOA

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa.   10800   IN      SOA
arrowroot.arin.net. bind.arin.net. 2002041212 10800 3600 1209600 10800

;; Query time: 100 msec
;; SERVER: 198.133.199.110#53(arrowroot.arin.net)
;; WHEN: Wed Jul 24 21:45:16 2002
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 149



> 4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa
Server:         arrowroot.arin.net
Address:        198.133.199.110#53

4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa
        origin = arrowroot.arin.net.
        mail addr = bind.arin.net.
        serial = 2002041212
        refresh = 10800
        retry = 3600
        expire = 1209600
        minimum = 10800

> 0.f.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa
Server:         arrowroot.arin.net
Address:        198.133.199.110#53

** server can't find 0.f.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa.: NXDOMAIN


Isn't THAT special.  It doesn't look like the ip6.arpa zone has been
updated at ARIN since April 12, 2002.


[whois.arin.net]
EnterZone, Inc (ENTERZONE-V6)
   6227 Headley Road
   Gahanna, OH 43230
   US

   Netname: ENTERZONE-V6
   Netnumber: 2001:04F0:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000/35

   Maintainer: V6ZN

   Coordinator:
     Fraizer, John (JF1998-ARIN)  John.Fraizer@ENTERZONE.NET
     +1 614 554-4356

   Domain System inverse mapping provided by:
   NS1.ENTERZONE.NET
   NS2.ENTERZONE.NET

   Record last updated on 18-Jul-2002.

It would be nice if the ip6.arpa records were REALLY delegated to my
nameservers.


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