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IPv6 DNS resolvers issue (Re: Why have we gotten away from running code?)

Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no> Mon, 15 August 2005 07:55 UTC

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Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 09:55:36 +0200
From: Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no>
To: Alexandru Petrescu <alexandru.petrescu@motorola.com>, Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch@muada.com>
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Subject: IPv6 DNS resolvers issue (Re: Why have we gotten away from running code?)
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Since nobody's mentioned the draft name yet, and we generally tell people 
"go read the drafts"....

  draft-ietf-dnsop-ipv6-dns-configuration-06.txt

Or - "there are 3 options. We can't pick one".

The document was approved by the IESG in July (but seems to be waiting for 
an IESG note).

                      Harald

--On torsdag, august 11, 2005 16:09:54 +0200 Alexandru Petrescu 
<alexandru.petrescu@motorola.com> wrote:

> ljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
>> On 11-aug-2005, at 11:22, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
>>
>>> However, what may well be missing in the mix
>>> is input from people who actually deploy and operate our stuff, and
>>> live with its limitations and quirks every day. We need to understand
>>> the indirect consequences of our choices: not "can it be coded and  will
>>> it interoperate?" but "will it drive service providers and users
>>> crazy?"
>>
>> Lack of a way to configure DNS resolvers automatically in IPv6
>> continues to drive me crazy.
>
> I'm not sure I get it... DHCP distributes DNS resolvers, right?   I'm
> not sure whether the DHCPv4 can distribute DNS IPv6 resolver addresses
> or is that restricted to DHCPv6.  Would be nice if both did, just like
> both dig/v4 and dig/v6 return both v4 and v6 addresses.  I think PPP
> over IPv6 doesn't do it.





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