ip6.int deprecation

[Daniel Roesen]

On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 02:46:03PM +0200, Pim van Pelt wrote:
> I have heard DNS operators are planning on removing ip6.int from their 
> resolvers (ie by plugging ip6.int into an empty zone on their recursors). 
> What are your thoughts on this?

I've DNAMEd ip6.int to ip6.arpa yesterday. Since then, IPv6 connections
where older resolvers are using ip6.int PTR lookups aren't being delayed
anymore.

The state of ip6.int DNS is absymal from my network point-of-view.

$ dig NS ip6.int. +short
y.ip6.int.
z.ip6.int.
ns3.nic.fr.
flag.ep.net.

y.ip6.int:
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 289.926/290.224/290.633/0.404 ms, pipe 2
z.ip6.int:
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 383.586/389.443/482.535/21.409 ms, pipe 2
ns3.nic.fr:
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 16.292/16.457/16.805/0.197 ms, pipe 2
flap.ep.net:
no route to host (3ffe experimental 6BONE address space *shaking head*)

So the cure is not "getting delegations removed under ip6.int", but
actually "getting ip6.net removed". DNAME fits the bill nicely. :-)


Best regards,
Daniel

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