Re: DNS support for IPv6

Fernando,

For your information, the dnsext working group is currently updating RFC
1886 : 

http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-dnsext-rfc1886bis-01.txt

This draft is currently in wg last call. The goal is to advance soon
this document to the draft standard status. 

The draft takes into account RFC 3152.

Vladimir

Fernando Gont wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm just about to write a brief explanation about the RRs that need to be
> added to the ones described in RFC 1034 / 1035, in order to add support for
> IPv6.
> 
> I've read RFC 3363, and it recommends that RFC 1886 stay on standards track
> and be advanced, and to move RFC 2874 to Experimental status.
> 
> Shall I make comments on AAAA records, and don't even mention A6 records?
> 
> About address mapping, RFC 3152 says IP6.ARPA should be used, instead IP6.INT.
> The same here: shall I omit the description of IP6.INT, or it is still
> being used, and so, I should describe it?
> 
> TIA,
> Fernando Gont