To:
<itojun@iijlab.net>
cc:
<users@ipv6.org>, <dnsop@cafax.se>
From:
Antonio Querubin <tony@lava.net>
Date:
Sun, 28 Jan 2001 08:55:58 -1000 (HST)
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<11642.980698794@coconut.itojun.org>
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Subject:
Re: BIND8/9 interaction with zones with A6
On Mon, 29 Jan 2001 itojun@iijlab.net wrote: > we noticed this recently so i thought i should report it... > > assume that you are using BIND9 as the master server for a zone > (like foo.net), and BIND8 as the slave server(s). > > once you put A6 records into database files in master server, > slaves become unable to zone-transfer the zone at all. > slaves will never be able to transfer zones, so they will have > zone database with older serial number (which was fetched in the past) > or cannot server the zone (as a slave). > > so, if you wish to use A6 in foo.net, you need to use BIND9 on all > masters and slaves. does anyone have any workaround for this? I ran into the same problem when BIND 9 first came out of beta into full release and I tried playing around with A6. I was unable to find a workaround and ended up reverting back to AAAA records.