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Re: tiny v6 operational issue
> >The nameservers for 'ops.ietf.org' (the host for this list) are listed
> >as:
> > DOKKA.MAXWARE.NO.
> > NN.UNINETT.NO.
> > PSG.COM.
> >PSG.COM tells me that its addresses are:
> > A 147.28.0.62
> > AAAA 2001:418:1::62
> >DNS lookups to 2001:418:1::62 give me "udp port domain unreachable".
> >Conclusions left as an exercise to the reader.
>
> it's not a problem, an FQDN identifies a host (or interface in IPv6
> case) and not services.
It _IS_ a problem. It is effectively same condition as that the NS records
point to a server where name server is not running. Of course, there is
a chance to resolve by next available address or NS. But it IS a bogus
configuration anyway, since it forces unneeded traffic and delay.
Atsushi Onoe