IPv6 root dns name resolution?

Bill Manning bmanning at ISI.EDU
Sat Jan 4 11:24:34 UTC 2003


% "Rob Kypriotakis" <rkypriot at cistron.nl> writes:
% 
% >I'm just getting started with IPv6 and have some DNS resolver issues. Just
% >to make sure can someone tell me if the regular IPv4 root DNS servers should
% >be able to resolve a IPv6 address or should I configure my local DNS to user
% >other root DNS servers for IPv6. (which?)
% 
% The IPv6 DNS space is the same space as the IPv4 one, so it is OK
% to use the current root name servers.
% 
% 	David.

	The question unasked is "visability".  Queries coming in
	over IPv6 transport will be ignored since the roots do 
	not have IPv6 transport visability.


--bill
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