IPv6 Nameserver Question with dig +trace

Kevin A. McGrail KMcGrail at PCCC.com
Tue Jan 24 05:10:02 UTC 2012


On 1/23/2012 11:54 PM, Noel Butler wrote:
>
> Likely because ns3 has only ipv6 address and no ipv4 address and the 
> server you are checking from has no ipv6 capability.
> You are asking for big problems using this method.
> You should give all NS records an IPv4 address, and then add in IPv6 
> on the ones you can
>
> eg:
>
> ns2                     A       ip.v.4.add
> ns2                     AAAA    ip:6:addr
Ns3 only has an ipv6 address on purpose but that shouldn't stop dig from 
finding out the address.  It's not trying to query via ipv6, it's saying 
no address exists.  This is correct since not all registrars accept an 
nameserver with ipv4 and ipv6 glue, ns3 only has AAAA address.

Regards,
KAM
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