IPv6 DNS Config Strategies

Joseph T. Klein jtk at titania.net
Thu Sep 20 00:11:20 CEST 2012


Look at this... http://iptrack.sourceforge.net/ The beta supports IPv6 
allocation management.

On 9/19/12 4:57 PM, SM wrote:
> Hi Tim,
> At 14:18 19-09-2012, Tim Densmore wrote:
>> I've looked around at how-to docs, and have tinkered enough to get my 
>> feet wet, but would really like to have a good strategy for a layout 
>> when setting up BIND for v6.  For v4, I have my forwards and reverses 
>> cut up into multiple files that cover a /24 each.  This makes for 
>> tidy files, and lets me get to what I need to change quickly.  For v6 
>> I can't see doing that for /64s, obviously, or even /48s, unless I 
>> just set the files up as I need them.  Reverse gets even more 
>> tricky.  I'd prefer to run with origin statements and PTRs of a 
>> reasonable string length, but again, do I do this at the /48 level?  
>> An origin of /48 still leaves a long string to work with.
>
> I'd suggest doing at the level which maps to your administrative 
> boundaries.  I would consider possible future delegations and host 
> density.
>
> Regards,
> -sm


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