IPv6 and DNS for the residential service provider

[Philipp Kern]

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 01:36:28PM +0200, Jeroen Massar wrote:
> On 2012-09-25 11:44, Ole Trøan wrote:
> > there is a recurring question being asked though... and that is "do
> > we really need reverse DNS for IPv6?"
> Yes, because IPv6 addresses look really ugly in 'who' output...

Then we should fix the tools.

> Reverse is required to be able to nicely map an IP to to a hostname so
> that people going through logs can see 'ah that is that host' instead of
> having to memorize them, that is why we have DNS in the first place.
> 
> And that even goes for a home environment, especially because more and
> more people will work from home and connect to their workplaces.

That's broken with privacy extensions anyway. Unless people set their source
address explicitly. We should filter/whitelist based on prefixes.

Kind regards
Philipp Kern
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