RE: in-addr.arpa. in DHCPv6-PD scenario

["Eric Vyncke (evyncke)" <evyncke@cisco.com>]

> On Fri, 31 Jul 2009, Wes Beebee (wbeebee) wrote:
> 
> > Are you concerned about reverse-dns for items in the home or in the 
> > internet?
> 
> I would like for people in the homes to be able to set 
> reverse-dns for their prefix, handle dynamic DNS updates etc. 
> This could be done by the home CPE router, it could also be 
> done elsewhere. The natural point would be the home CPE 
> router somehow being involved since it's involved in the 
> DHCPv6-PD process.

A complication is that some ISP (at least in Europe) want to change the delegated prefix every day (like they change now the IPv4 address every day). This would then also mean to clean/purge DNS information...

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> 
> Do people think it's a good idea? I personally like 
> reverse-DNS historically, but when IPv6 hosts can take and 
> leave IPs via SLAAC all the time, does it even make sense to 
> have reverse-DNS? I still think it does.

Same feeling here

-éric