IPv6 and DNS for the residential service provider

[Philipp Kern]

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 03:10:02PM +0200, Jeroen Massar wrote:
> On 2012-09-25 14:48, Bjørn Mork wrote:
> > 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.
> One can generate them from a dictionary as we used to have for
> Takeover.nl back in the day, but of course that means that at one point
> you run out of words when somebody attacks your scanner.

And how do they remain stable so that they still convey a meaning to the
observer? (Which seems to have been your argument in the first place. Please
correct me if I misunderstood you.)

> Indeed if the reverse is based on the address it will be ugly too,
> though it would have a little value as the domain they are put under
> would indicate the ISP/organization (which can be found with whois
> likely too though).

That's my point why we don't necessarily need it.

Kind regards
Philipp Kern