[6bone] .int / .arpa

Scott Nelson L at bnmnetworks.net
Mon Feb 21 12:06:46 PST 2005


> Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
> | On 20-feb-05, at 14:34, Gert Doering wrote:
> | I have a very hard time believing that both are true. If nobody uses it
> | anymore, then keeping existing ip6.int stuff around is 0 work, so that's
> | certainly the easiest option. If people actually use it, then yes, it is
> | a burden, but apparently it serves a purpose. In this case too, it would
> | be better to keep ip6.int.
>
> I disagree with that. 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.
>
> Steph

-->Traceroute-ing to www.isc.org and I see that verio still uses .int for
their stuff.
It's one of those YMMV things until all of the old 6bone stuff is
gone/converted.

Scotty







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