REVERSE ADDRESS RESOLUTION FOR IPV6

[Joseph S D Yao]

On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 10:09:48AM +0000, Gareth Bromley wrote:
> ASHRAF EL BAGIR wrote:
> > HI ALL
> >
> > Any body explain how to configure bind 8.2.2 for IPV6 reverse address
> > resolution . with some examples of named.conf and corresponding db file.
> 
> The reverse zone for IPv6 addresses is ip6.int., so in /etc/named.conf you
> would have:
> 
> zone "ip6.int" {
>     type master;
>     file "master/db.ip6.int";
> };


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

You have just declared yourself authoritative for the entyre "ip6.int"
domain, and thus effectively sealed yourself off from EVER knowing what
any other site's reverse zones have to tell you!


> Forward zone entry may look like:
> host2  IN AAAA     3ffe:501:ffff::a:b:c:d
> or
> host2  IN A6     3ffe:501:ffff::a:b:c:d
> 
> And thus you revers in ip6.int would look like:
> d.0.0.0.c.0.0.0.b.0.0.0.a.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.f.f.f.f.1.0.5.0.e.f.f.3    IN PTR
> host2.mydomain.com.

Let's try:

zone "c.0.0.0.b.0.0.0.a.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.f.f.f.f.1.0.5.0.e.f.f.3.ip6.int" {
	type master;
	file "master/zone.3ffe:501:ffff::a:b:c";
};

...

d.0.0.0		IN PTR	host2.mydomain.com.

Those with actual experience in IPv6 may wish to correct me.  [Bill?]

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