[6bone] .int / .arpa

Iljitsch van Beijnum iljitsch at muada.com
Mon Feb 21 11:32:56 PST 2005


On 21-feb-05, at 20:09, FRLinux wrote:

> I have started ipv6 with ip6.arpa until i noticed
> that some sites on the outside world couldn't resolve properly (read,
> were taking a long time to resolve, it successful) which is why i *had
> to* use ip6.int as well for our (read, both home and work, since i work
> in a place which likes ipv6) zone. I am one of these who actually like
> ip6.arpa much more than ip6.int, it is my own belief that it makes
> actually more sense. So if tomorrow, someone tells me ip6.int can be
> safely removed from my DNS, i will be more than happy.

Apparently you don't understand that when your ip6.int delegation is 
removed your original troubles will reappear.

(Unless the stuff that created the problems has been upgraded to look 
for ip6.arpa in the mean time.)

I wish someone could tell me who had this bright idea of switching to 
nibbles in ip6.arpa in the first place...



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