Youtube-over-IPv6

Ryan Rawdon ryan at u13.net
Mon Apr 12 20:15:04 CEST 2010


Erik, others,

Are there plans to add AAAA for upload.youtube.com?  I noticed that 
uploads themselves go over v4 and involve this hostname, which is 
v4-only currently (and upload-related content comes from this hostname 
over v4)?

Ryan

Erik Kline wrote:
>> I tried firewalling away my IPv4 connectivity and used a non-local,
>> dual-stacked, DNS resolver to browse the page and it sort-of works.
>> Front page looks kind-of stupid (some elements missing), but it is
>> possible to view videos, etc. :)
>>     
>
> Any idea which hostnames aren't dualstacked or, more precisely, what is missing?
>
>   
>> So you IPv6 ninjas over at Google, what's next? :)
>>     
>
> More.  :)
>
>   
>> Achieving support of single-stack IPv6 users should be the long-term
>> goal, I presume.
>> Dare you answer at all re: the DNS infrastructure? :)
>>     
>
> The existing whitelist program is not a long term solution, as many
> have noted.  I wouldn't worry too much about it affecting any
> potential future DNSSEC support of Google domains.
>   


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