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Re: (ngtrans) Last call on draft-ietf-ngtrans-dns-ops-req-02.txt

Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu> Mon, 22 October 2001 19:04 UTC

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From: Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>
To: Christian Huitema <huitema@windows.microsoft.com>
cc: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>, ngtrans@sunroof.eng.sun.com
Subject: Re: (ngtrans) Last call on draft-ietf-ngtrans-dns-ops-req-02.txt
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 22 Oct 2001 07:45:33 PDT." <F66A04C29AD9034A8205949AD0C9010401C0E37D@win-msg-02.wingroup.windeploy.ntdev.microsoft.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 15:04:47 -0400
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Reply-To: Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>

> If an IPv6 only host wants to resolve a name that is served only by IPv4
> capable DNS servers, it can send the request through a protocol
> translating NAT (NAT-PT), and it will receive the response.

and there are several other ways of providing an equivalent service - such 
as by going through a DNS cache that speaks both IPv6 and IPv4. 

but it sounds like you are saying that the v6 client has the burden of providing
access to v4-only DNS servers, which doesn't sound right to me.

Keith

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