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Re: IPV6 renumbering painless?
From: Paul Vixie <vixie () vix com>
Date: 11 Nov 2004 22:27:52 +0000
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't IPv6 do away with the need to renumber when switching providers? ...That is how it has been designed, however there are some practical problems with this system: - Until very recently DNS software did not support A6 records at all, and "chain" support for A6 records still seems to be a work in progress.
A6 is dead. If you renumber, all your AAAA's will have to be changed, and you will have to establish new PTR zones. It's now just like IPv4 with regard to DNS, except for the RRtype (AAAA vs A). There is no IPv6 renumbering support in DNS. Dead, dead, dead. For years now. Several of those responsible for the killing are present on this mailing list, so perhaps they will explain just why A6 apparently needed killing. -- Paul Vixie
Current thread:
- Re: who gets a /32 [Re: IPV6 renumbering painless?], (continued)
- Re: who gets a /32 [Re: IPV6 renumbering painless?] bmanning (Nov 26)
- Re: who gets a /32 [Re: IPV6 renumbering painless?] Iljitsch van Beijnum (Nov 22)
- Re: who gets a /32 [Re: IPV6 renumbering painless?] Paul Vixie (Nov 22)
- RE: who gets a /32 [Re: IPV6 renumbering painless?] Richard Jimmerson (Nov 14)
- Re: who gets a /32 [Re: IPV6 renumbering painless?] Daniel Roesen (Nov 14)
- Re: IPV6 renumbering painless? Owen DeLong (Nov 14)
- Re: IPV6 renumbering painless? Michael . Dillon (Nov 12)
- Re: IPV6 renumbering painless? Jeroen Massar (Nov 12)
- Re: IPV6 renumbering painless? alex (Nov 12)
- Re: IPV6 renumbering painless? Stephen Sprunk (Nov 13)
- Re: IPV6 renumbering painless? Paul Vixie (Nov 11)
- Re: IPV6 renumbering painless? Kevin Oberman (Nov 11)
- Re: IPV6 renumbering painless? Daniel Roesen (Nov 11)
- RE: IPV6 renumbering painless? Tony Hain (Nov 11)
- Re: IPV6 renumbering painless? Daniel Roesen (Nov 11)
- Re: IPV6 renumbering painless? Nils Ketelsen (Nov 12)
- Re: IPV6 renumbering painless? Simon Leinen (Nov 12)
- Re: IPV6 renumbering painless? Daniel Roesen (Nov 12)
- Re: IPV6 renumbering painless? Simon Leinen (Nov 12)
- KAME on IPv4? (was: Re: IPV6 renumbering painless?) Crist Clark (Nov 12)
- Re: KAME on IPv4? (was: Re: IPV6 renumbering painless?) Jeroen Massar (Nov 14)