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Re: "DNS-4to6 automatic mapping" - No more DNS-ALGs & 6then4 DNSqueries



Le Thursday 29 November 2007 20:28:33 todd@fries.net, vous avez écrit :
> The use is, if I have some app that is generating reports or doing things
> other than connecting to IPv6 addresses where returning IPv6 addresses
> would be useful.
>
> Don't presume the only thing dns resolution is for is to connect to the
> addresses being resolved.
>
> What if you want to debug the dns output of your dns server from a v4 only
> node, but want to verify it's outputing v6 records?

Then you are probably capable of setting up OpenBSD, or alternatively using 
ISC BIND dig to query AAAA, A and ANY RR types explicitly (or both).

> By your semantics, you'd not see the v6 on a v4 only node.

> I don't think this is right.

I *know* it's not right. However, I claim it's pragmatic.

-- 
Rémi Denis-Courmont
http://www.remlab.net/

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