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To: Måns Nilsson <mansaxel@sunet.se>
Cc: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>, dnsop@cafax.se
From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 02:06:29 +0100
In-Reply-To: <916110000.1048054042@localhost.besserwisser.org>
Sender: owner-dnsop@cafax.se
Subject: Re: Radical Surgery proposal: stop doing reverse for IPv6.

At 7:07 AM +0100 2003/03/19, Måns Nilsson wrote:

>  [IPV6 DNS]
>  Reverse DNS (ip6.int)   -
>  b.c.f.1.d.1.e.f.f.f.d.1.0.6.2.0.8.2.1.0.2.0.0.f.0.9.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.int.

	This isn't a name.  This is just the label -- where does it point?

>  I am all for continuing reverse DNS usage, if for nothing else to make
>  traceroutes prettier.
>
>  The practice of mandating it is different.

	Is reverse DNS for IPv4 mandated?  Why should IPv6 be treated any 
differently in this respect?

-- 
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
     -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.

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