[wplug] [HEADS UP]: IPv6 users

[Jason Carr]

Tom Rhodes wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> RFC 4159 was published today, which officially deprecates ip6.int. You
> can find the full text at http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4159.txt.
> Here is a relevant excerpt:
> 
>     In August 2001 the IETF published [RFC3152], which advised that the
>     use of "ip6.int" as the domain for reverse-mapping of IPv6 addresses
>     to DNS names was deprecated.  The document noted that the use of
>     "ip6.int" would be phased out in an orderly fashion.
> 
>     As of 1 September 2005, the IETF advises the community that the DNS
>     domain "ip6.int" should no longer be used to perform reverse mapping
>     of IPv6 addresses to domain names, and that the domain "ip6.arpa"
>     should be used henceforth, in accordance with the IANA
>     Considerations described in [RFC3596].  The domain "ip6.int" is
>     deprecated, and its use in IPv6 implementations that conform to the
>     IPv6 Internet Standards is discontinued.
> 
> Most likely you have this in the named.conf file.  You may get
> unusual errors popping up eventually.  :)
> 

That would be if you've decided to roll out IPv6 and you're running bind...

I might be inclined to use IPv6 more but I don't have a /48 assigned to
me for my home network.  Is there a good provider of IPv6 addresses that
will give you a /48?

- Jason