Re: (ngtrans) AAAA Record Transition Strategy

Bob Fink <rlfink@lbl.gov> Tue, 08 September 1998 23:06 UTC

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Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 15:43:15 -0700
To: Harald Tveit Alvestrand <Harald.Alvestrand@maxware.no>
From: Bob Fink <rlfink@lbl.gov>
Subject: Re: (ngtrans) AAAA Record Transition Strategy
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Harald,

At 11:06 PM 9/8/98 +0200, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:
>I see that so far in this thread, nobody's mentioned what draft
>we're actually talking about.
>
>I believe it's draft-ietf-ipngwg-aaaa-03.txt, with the agreement
>that it is changed to define the "A6" record type, not the "AAAA"
>record type.
>
>If I'm wrong, someone speak up!

I believe it is draft:

	ftp://ftp.isi.edu/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ipngwg-dns-lookups-01.txt


From Bob Hinden's IPng August-Chicago minutes:

>DNS Extension to Support IP Version 6  / M. Crawford
>----------------------------------------------------
>
>
>Status of -ipngwg-dns-lookups-01
>- Merges dns-lookups-00 and aaaa-03.
>    o Modified AAAA RDATA format, discussed to death in L.A.
>       - 128 bits + prefix length + prefix DNS name
...etc



Bob