IPv6 and DNS for the residential service provider

[Bjørn Mork]

Jeroen Massar <jeroen at unfix.org> writes:
> 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...

Maybe.  But a little less ugly than any autogenerated name, IMHO.

> 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.

How are you going to map the IP to a hostname so that you can insert
this into the DNS?  And if you can already do that, why do you need DNS?

> And that even goes for a home environment, especially because more and
> more people will work from home and connect to their workplaces.

I still don't see how you are going to collect the host names people use
in their homes.


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