On Sep 9, 2011, at 11:07 AM, Teemu Savolainen wrote:

> Are the local names having some specific suffix in use, such as ".local" (or 
> just names without dots, like "example")? I was thinking if 
> draft-ietf-mif-dns-server-
> select would be of any use, i.e. in this case the DNS server learn with 
> DHCPv4 could be configured to have knowledge of ".local" private namespace...

I believe that ".local" is in common use. Simply using names - are you aware of 
the proposal in ICANN for simply using names in the root zone? 
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm

> Teemu
> 
> 2011/9/9 Brzozowski, John <[email protected]>
> Wanted to share something here to get some feedback and to determine if
> this is something that is in scope for HOMENET.
> 
> Consider the following:
> 
> * dual stack home network
> * private IPv4
> * global IPv6
> * local DNS that resolves local hosts, this data is not available
> authoritatively on the Internet
> 
> My home router supports RFC5006 (not sure the RFC was revised when the
> router firmware was developed).  There is an IPv6 DNS server configured on
> the router which is transmitted in the router advertisements.
> 
> A host on the network supports RFC5006.
> 
> When the host attempts lookups for local resources using the global IPv6
> DNS server address it recurses to the Internet and never gets the answer
> it expects for the local network resources.  The client resolver also
> never attempts to contact the local, private IPv4 DNS server since the
> IPv6 DNS is technically responding.  Explicit DNS queries to the local,
> private DNS servers work but this not really usable.
> 
> Ultimately I had to disable DNS over IPv6 to ensure local and Internet
> resources are resolvable.
> 
> In this case the local IPv4 DNS server is a separate server, frankly I am
> not sure if having them be the same device ie the home router would make a
> difference.  I suppose this would depend on the router's DNS capabilities.
> 
> It seems to me that this situation is bound to crop more up as IPv6
> deployments increase.
> 
> John
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