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-[A6] is a way of specifying [IPv6] addresses in [DNS]
. It is specified in RFC:2874 and is considered by some as being the "standard" way of adding [IPv6] entries into the [DNS], however many consider it far too complex and use [AAAA] instead. See [AAAAvsA6] for discussion.
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-Example:
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- $ORIGIN X.EXAMPLE.
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- N A6 64 ::1234:5678:9ABC:DEF0 SN-1.IP6
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- SN-1.IP6 A6 48 :::1:: IP6
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- IP6 A6 48 ::0 CUST-X.IP6.A.NET.
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- IP6 A6 48 ::0 CUST-X.IP6.B.NET.
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-Compare [AAAA].
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-I tried setting this up at home - debian woody, bind9. I could do host -t A6 $domain fine, and host -t A6 $host.$domain worked too, although it returned the fragment for the host and the domain name as part of the record - not what its supposed to do. Glibc under debian woody doesn't appear to support it, and its listed as a bug as of June 15 2003, tagged 'wishlist'. Pity too, as A6 addressing makes a LOT of sense for dynamic IP.
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-I had:
- $ORIGIN element.tla.
- test 10 IN A6 0 2002:6to4:prefix::
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- $ORIGIN test.element.tla.
- helium 10 IN A6 0 ::1 test.element.tla.
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-which is how I interpreted the bind9 docs on setting up A6 addressing. If i'm doing this wrong let me know. -- DanielLawson
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-''Some name servers (bind9?) support [A6] -> [AAAA] translations, can this be enabled?''
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-''I can find no mention of this. Bind9 supports A6 addresses in full, which are essentially identical to AAAA addresses, but thats not what I want''
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-CategoryDns
+Describe
[A6] here
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