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Re: Repotting report

From: Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews () isc org>
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:41:11 +1100


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On Feb 6, 2008, at 12:48 AM, Mark Andrews wrote:

    IPv6 capable nameservers are supposed to use EDNS (see IPv6
    node requirements).  The roots can be tuned to preference
    A vs AAAA records.  Most/all currently maintained caching
    servers support EDNS now or the next release will support
    EDNS.


So would there be benefit in the roots being tuned to only return  
AAAA if the request is EDNS?

No.

Just out of curiousity that is.
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<br><div><div>On Feb 6, 2008, at 12:48 AM, Mark Andrews wrote:</div><br =
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EDNS?</div><div><br class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Just =
out of curiousity that is.</div></body></html>=

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Current thread:

Re: Repotting report, (continued)
- - - Re: Repotting report David Conrad (Feb 04)
    - Re: Repotting report Mark Andrews (Feb 04)
  - Re: Repotting report Kevin Loch (Feb 04)
    - Re: Repotting report Leo Bicknell (Feb 04)
    - Re: Repotting report Pekka Savola (Feb 04)
    - Re: Repotting report Christopher Morrow (Feb 05)
    - Re: Repotting report Mark Andrews (Feb 05)
    - Re: Repotting report Christopher Morrow (Feb 05)
    - Re: Repotting report Mark Andrews (Feb 05)
    - Re: Repotting report John Payne (Feb 06)
    - Re: Repotting report Mark Andrews (Feb 06)
- Re: Repotting report Christopher Morrow (Feb 04)