IPv6 root dns name resolution?

Bill Manning bmanning at ISI.EDU
Sat Jan 4 23:51:24 UTC 2003


 There is, but to gain access to it, you must sign a release. :(
 The instructions are in the list archives or I can send you the
 information for using the v6 enabled DNS.



% Bill,
% 
% This might explain why I'm not getting answers to DNS queries. So I need to
% somehow forward all IPv6 queries from my local server to a IPv6 ''root''
% server or send it via a IPv4 connection to the established root servers. So
% there is no gereral IPv6 root DNS server?
% 
% Rob
% 
% "Bill Manning" <bmanning at ISI.EDU> wrote in message
% news:av6gj4$epmo$1 at isrv4.isc.org...
% >
% > % "Rob Kypriotakis" <rkypriot at cistron.nl> writes:
% > %
% > % >I'm just getting started with IPv6 and have some DNS resolver issues.
% Just
% > % >to make sure can someone tell me if the regular IPv4 root DNS servers
% should
% > % >be able to resolve a IPv6 address or should I configure my local DNS to
% user
% > % >other root DNS servers for IPv6. (which?)
% > %
% > % The IPv6 DNS space is the same space as the IPv4 one, so it is OK
% > % to use the current root name servers.
% > %
% > % David.
% >
% > The question unasked is "visability".  Queries coming in
% > over IPv6 transport will be ignored since the roots do
% > not have IPv6 transport visability.
% >
% >
% > --bill
% > Opinions expressed may not even be mine by the time you read them, and
% > certainly don't reflect those of any other entity (legal or otherwise).
% >
% 
% 
% 


-- 
--bill

Opinions expressed may not even be mine by the time you read them, and
certainly don't reflect those of any other entity (legal or otherwise).



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