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Re: How do you do rDNS for IPv6 ?
From: Franck Martin <franck () genius com>
Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 17:28:39 -0800 (PST)
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From: "Owen DeLong" <owen () delong com> To: "John Levine" <johnl () iecc com> Cc: nanog () nanog org Sent: Sunday, 5 December, 2010 2:54:43 PM Subject: Re: How do you do rDNS for IPv6 ? On Dec 5, 2010, at 2:13 PM, John Levine wrote:
When hosts self-configure their low 64 bits, do you install a suitable PTR and AAAA into your DNS? If so, how? Do you use DHCPv6 and have it install the DNS? Do you do something else?If you care, you probably need to use DHCPv6 for this and it should be able to build both the AAAA and PTR records.
Unless you use, privacy extensions, the advantage of IPv6 over IPv4 is that the IP address is built based on your network and the mac address of the interface, so it is not a random number changed at every connection.... I guess when you provision the machine, you can install the AAAA and PTR record and then also put the mac address in your access lists...
Current thread:
- How do you do rDNS for IPv6 ? John Levine (Dec 05)
- Re: How do you do rDNS for IPv6 ? Felipe Zanchet Grazziotin (Dec 05)
- Re: How do you do rDNS for IPv6 ? George Michaelson (Dec 05)
- Re: How do you do rDNS for IPv6 ? Jack Bates (Dec 06)
- Re: How do you do rDNS for IPv6 ? Owen DeLong (Dec 05)
- Re: How do you do rDNS for IPv6 ? Franck Martin (Dec 05)
- Re: How do you do rDNS for IPv6 ? Owen DeLong (Dec 06)
- Re: How do you do rDNS for IPv6 ? Franck Martin (Dec 05)
- Re: How do you do rDNS for IPv6 ? Jima (Dec 05)
- Re: How do you do rDNS for IPv6 ? Jared Mauch (Dec 06)
- Re: How do you do rDNS for IPv6 ? Jay Ashworth (Dec 06)
- Re: How do you do rDNS for IPv6 ? Jared Mauch (Dec 06)
- Re: How do you do rDNS for IPv6 ? Felipe Zanchet Grazziotin (Dec 05)