To:
"Larson, Matt" <mlarson@verisign.com>
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dnsop@cafax.se
From:
Erik Nordmark <Erik.Nordmark@eng.sun.com>
Date:
Wed, 23 Jan 2002 17:48:36 +0100 (CET)
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"Your message with ID" <3CD14E451751BD42BA48AAA50B07BAD6EEFDBE@vsvapostal3.bkup6>
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Erik Nordmark <Erik.Nordmark@eng.sun.com>
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Subject:
RE: draft-ietf-dnsop-dontpublish-unreachable-02.txt
> > a very rough draft for IPv6 counterpart is attached. > > please let me > > know if you want to integrate two it one, or want to handle them > > separately. > > We're in the process of adding IPv6 support to the com/net/org registry. We > are currently planning on disallowing name servers (i.e., glue AAAA records) > containing IPv4-mapped or IPv4-compatible addresses. This plan would be in > conflict with Itojun's proposed section 2.5, which allows IPv4-compatible > addresses (though I noticed the parenthetical caveat). There is move underway to obsolete IPv4-compatible addresses and the associated automatic tunneling specified in RFC 2893, but this is not a done deal yet. But unless there is strong arguments for needing IPv4-compatible addresses I'd say keeping the DNS operationally "clean" would argue for not allowing them. Erik