On 04/01/2013 06:14 PM, SM wrote: >> prevent them from attempting to connect to an IPv6 address and >> failing is not broken DNS. > > If there isn't any IPv6 connectivity it is useless to query for AAAA RRs > as the host is not going to establish an IPv6 connection. Instead of > looking at the problem from that angle the proposal uses a "middlebox" > (not the correct term) to change things. Once it becomes best practice > to tamper with DNS there is one more problem to solve as you can no > longer rely on DNS working according to specifications.
Welcome to the real world: That cat has been out of the box for years (no matter whether you consider that a problem, or a feature). FWIW, my TP-LINK router does that, even if I don't want it to. Thanks, -- Fernando Gont SI6 Networks e-mail: [email protected] PGP Fingerprint: 6666 31C6 D484 63B2 8FB1 E3C4 AE25 0D55 1D4E 7492
