To:
pekkas@netcore.fi (Pekka Savola)
Cc:
bmanning@karoshi.com, brad.knowles@skynet.be (Brad Knowles), itojun@itojun.org (Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino), Mohsen.Souissi@nic.fr, dnsop@cafax.se, ngtrans@sunroof.eng.sun.com
From:
bmanning@karoshi.com
Date:
Mon, 15 Jul 2002 06:44:35 +0000 (UCT)
In-Reply-To:
<Pine.LNX.4.44.0207150933120.32322-100000@netcore.fi> from "Pekka Savola" at Jul 15, 2002 09:34:31 AM
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Subject:
Re: RFC 1886 Interop Tests & Results
> > > > > query ip6.int; > > > > > for backward compatibility. was it taken into account, or did you > > > > > test just "ip6.arpa" lookups? > > > > > > > > I checked the source code for BIND 9.2.1, and IIRC it checks > > > > ip6.int first and then ip6.arpa second. This allows us to stand up > > > > ip6.arpa whenever, and then once that is set, we can tear down > > > > ip6.int. > > > > > > FWIW, e.g. Linux glibc resolver only checks ip6.arpa now, so you'd better > > > start standing up.. > > > > > > > Yet another instance of Linux jumping the gun... :) > > I seem to recall there was some Best Current Practises about this 11 > months ago. > ip6.arpa is fine for 2001:0:: but not for -anythhing- else. You might want to re-read the BCP. :) --bill