Hi,
I would like to share with you the results of a private discussion
that started at a meeting at the last IETF regarding IPv6 reverse
delegation issues. The group of people was an ad-hoc group which is
worried that the process for moving to ip6.arpa is stagnating.
People involved in the discussion were:
Kurt Erik Lindqvist
David Kessens
Johan Ihren
Andrei Robachevsky
Patrik Faltstrom
Jim Reid
The topic of the meeting was IPv6 reverse DNS.
We agreed on the following:
- the move to ip6.arpa is not on track
- it's probably best that we start to give attention to this problem
in the DNS wg to avoid any duplication in efforts.
(BTW this also means that the chairs of the ipv6 wg and DNS wg need
a meeting schedule that will allow IPv6 wg participants to attend
the DNS wg - we, Jim Reid & David Kessens, have already made this
very clear to the RIPE NCC).
- Andrei made it clear that the RIPE NCC wants to move forward with
a pragmatic approach
- we should stop making further delegations in ip6.int (in so far that
this is within our powers, at the minimum we can recommend this)
- we should make it possible that 3ffe address holders can start
getting reverse delegations in ip6.arpa.
This is important because it will allow software coders/vendors
to do look ups in ip6.arpa only instead of doing kludges by looking
in both or in the wrong one (ip6.int)
we think this is important to get started as soon as possible since
software tends to stay alive longer than desirable
Andrei/RIPE NCC was going to ask IAB and/or other powers that be to
get this moving. We as a community should help if necessary by a
supporting statement.
(Andrei already sent his request and is working on a proposal for
implementation)
- 6to4 reverse delegation
We discussed this topic briefly as a lesser priority item.
As 6to4 is a transition mechanism for networks that can not get
native access to v6, we concluded that reverse delegation might not
be that important for the 6to4 addresses.
This is clearly a point for more discussion for the DNS wg.
Obviously, this is just the opinion of a small group - your
comments are welcome! Please follow up to the dns-wg list only (unless
you don't agree on moving this topic to the dns-wg in the first
place :-)).
Thanks,
David K.
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Dear Colleagues,
Please find below a report regarding the status of the action point from
the RIPE 43 ipv6-wg meeting.
Regards,
Andrei Robachevsky
RIPE NCC
E. IPv6 capable RR DNS servers
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RIPE NCC will provide IPv6 access to the ns.ripe.net by the end of November.
D. Action point 42.1:
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Investigate the CNAME and other solutions for v6-reverse delegation.
This action point came up from the request for support a smooth
transition from ip6.int to ip6.arpa. To be done in consistent manner
this is being coordinated with other RIRs. Also a technical discussion
is planned at the IETF-55 in November. We'll let the community know
about the outcome of these discussions.
F. Action point 42.2:
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Give an overview of 6-to-4 reverse delegation issues
This issue requires coordination between the RIRs and is being
discussed. More information can be available after the IETF-55 meeting
in November.
