native ipv6 nameservers

Peter Dambier peter at peter-dambier.de
Tue Sep 20 18:10:00 UTC 2005


Gushi wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> Will there ever be a v6-nameserver for the root zone, i.e. in
> root.hints?
> 

http://www.root-servers.org/

some are already IPv6.

; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> -t any m.root-servers.net
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 12247
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 4

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;m.root-servers.net.            IN      ANY

;; ANSWER SECTION:
m.root-servers.net.     3600000 IN      A       202.12.27.33
m.root-servers.net.     3600000 IN      TXT     "housed in JAPAN operated by WIDE"

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
root-servers.net.       3600000 IN      NS      a.root-servers.net.
root-servers.net.       3600000 IN      NS      f.root-servers.net.
root-servers.net.       3600000 IN      NS      j.root-servers.net.
root-servers.net.       3600000 IN      NS      k.root-servers.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
a.root-servers.net.     3600000 IN      A       198.41.0.4
f.root-servers.net.     3600000 IN      A       192.5.5.241
j.root-servers.net.     3600000 IN      A       192.58.128.30
k.root-servers.net.     3600000 IN      A       193.0.14.129

;; Query time: 32 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.48.228#53(192.168.48.228)
;; WHEN: Tue Sep 20 19:59:58 2005
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 225

but they dont tell you.


Try

http://european.de.orsn.net

; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> -t any B.ORSN-SERVERS.NET @217.146.128.77
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 39768
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 5, AUTHORITY: 7, ADDITIONAL: 7

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;B.ORSN-SERVERS.NET.            IN      ANY

;; ANSWER SECTION:
B.ORSN-SERVERS.NET.     518400  IN      TXT     "Austria (Wien)"
B.ORSN-SERVERS.NET.     518400  IN      TXT     "ATnet (hostmaster at atnet.at)"
B.ORSN-SERVERS.NET.     518400  IN      AAAA    2001:850:300:3::2
B.ORSN-SERVERS.NET.     518400  IN      MX      10 mail.orsn.NET.
B.ORSN-SERVERS.NET.     518400  IN      A       62.116.33.87

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
ORSN-SERVERS.NET.       86400   IN      NS      E.ORSN-SERVERS.NET.
ORSN-SERVERS.NET.       86400   IN      NS      K.ORSN-SERVERS.NET.
ORSN-SERVERS.NET.       86400   IN      NS      M.ORSN-SERVERS.NET.
ORSN-SERVERS.NET.       86400   IN      NS      NS2.ACTIVEZONE.NET.
ORSN-SERVERS.NET.       86400   IN      NS      A.ORSN-SERVERS.NET.
ORSN-SERVERS.NET.       86400   IN      NS      B.ORSN-SERVERS.NET.
ORSN-SERVERS.NET.       86400   IN      NS      C.ORSN-SERVERS.NET.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
A.ORSN-SERVERS.NET.     518400  IN      A       217.146.128.77
A.ORSN-SERVERS.NET.     518400  IN      AAAA    2001:8d0:0:3::100
C.ORSN-SERVERS.NET.     518400  IN      A       212.7.160.13
E.ORSN-SERVERS.NET.     518400  IN      A       213.161.0.90
K.ORSN-SERVERS.NET.     518400  IN      A       217.173.157.225
K.ORSN-SERVERS.NET.     518400  IN      AAAA    2001:4b88:9000::
M.ORSN-SERVERS.NET.     518400  IN      A       213.145.82.34

;; Query time: 76 msec
;; SERVER: 217.146.128.77#53(217.146.128.77)
;; WHEN: Tue Sep 20 20:02:57 2005
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 432


They do.

ORSN and ICANN servers are compatible. There are no extra zones.


> I know that some root nameservers have v6 equivalents...but I'm not
> sure how they're getting used since by default most systems make their
> queries on ipv4.
> 
> 


It is the other way round. As soon as bind sees an IPv6 address it will
always use this address and not even try IPv4 for that server when there
is no IPv6 route. If your computer is IPv4 only that is no problem. But
if your computer is dual stack, that could be.


Regards,
Peter and Karin Dambier


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