RE: Dig for link-local

2013-03-25 Thread Alok Raj
@lists.isc.org Subject: Re: Dig for link-local Transport has nothing to do with content in DNS. If your client asks for an record it will get the appropriate answer according to the zone's records (a value or an error condition) regardless on whether the query was made over IPv6 or IPv4

Re: Dig for link-local

2013-03-25 Thread Sten Carlsen
- From: bind-users-bounces+alok.raj=spanservices@lists.isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounces+alok.raj=spanservices@lists.isc.org] On Behalf Of Carlos M. Martinez Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 9:57 PM To: Bryan Harris Cc: bind-users@lists.isc.org Subject: Re: Dig for link-local Transport

RE: Dig for link-local

2013-03-25 Thread Alok Raj
: Dig for link-local One question is whether the server will listen and reply on all addresses or only on the global address? I suggest you look into the log file from the server, often there are good clues there. On 25/03/13 10:19, Alok Raj wrote: Hi Guys, Basically I am trying to do

Re: Dig for link-local

2013-03-25 Thread Phil Mayers
On 25/03/13 09:19, Alok Raj wrote: Hi Guys, Basically I am trying to do the following: 1) If I use link-local ipv6 address (of domain controller) in my resolv.conf, my resolver routines (glibc 2.13) is not able to resolve a domain name to an ip address, though I am able to ping that

RE: Dig for link-local

2013-03-25 Thread Alok Raj
-Original Message- From: bind-users-bounces+alok.raj=spanservices@lists.isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounces+alok.raj=spanservices@lists.isc.org] On Behalf Of Phil Mayers Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 5:57 PM To: bind-users@lists.isc.org Subject: Re: Dig for link-local On 25/03/13 09:19

Re: Dig for link-local

2013-03-25 Thread Kevin Darcy
, March 25, 2013 5:57 PM To: bind-users@lists.isc.org Subject: Re: Dig for link-local On 25/03/13 09:19, Alok Raj wrote: Hi Guys, Basically I am trying to do the following: 1) If I use link-local ipv6 address (of domain controller) in my resolv.conf, my resolver routines (glibc 2.13

Re: Dig for link-local

2013-03-25 Thread Phil Mayers
On 25/03/13 16:20, Kevin Darcy wrote: Works fine for me on RedHat 5.7 without a scope-identifier in /etc/resolv.conf. I notice, however, that the stock dig (9.3.6-P1-RedHat-9.3.6-16.P1.el5, yeah, I know I should upgrade) shows the scope identifier in its output: ;; SERVER:

Re: Dig for link-local

2013-03-25 Thread Phil Mayers
On 25/03/13 17:13, Phil Mayers wrote: On 25/03/13 16:20, Kevin Darcy wrote: Works fine for me on RedHat 5.7 without a scope-identifier in /etc/resolv.conf. I notice, however, that the stock dig (9.3.6-P1-RedHat-9.3.6-16.P1.el5, yeah, I know I should upgrade) shows the scope identifier in its

Dig for link-local

2013-03-22 Thread Alok Raj
Hi, How dig-command is able to resolve an ip using link-local address, /etc/resolv.conf has only one entry - ipv6-link link local address, if I write dig www.domain.comhttp://www.domain.com, it is able to resolve that and print the address. Can anyone help me out in documentation or code

Re: Dig for link-local

2013-03-22 Thread Kevin Darcy
I'm not sure what you're asking, exactly. Are you surprised that named would respond on an IPv6 link-local address if configured with listen-on-v6 { any; };? - Kevin On 3/22/2013 5:35 AM, Alok Raj wrote: Hi, How dig-command is able to resolve an ip using link-local address,

Re: Dig for link-local

2013-03-22 Thread Carlos M. Martinez
link-locals are not that special, with the exception of the %interface decorator... other than that, they work exactly like any other address. Bind/Apache/insert your server here will listen on link locals and they can be used as route next-hops too. regards, ~Carlos On 3/22/13 1:13 PM, Kevin

Re: Dig for link-local

2013-03-22 Thread Bryan Harris
Hello, On Mar 22, 2013, at 12:13 PM, Kevin Darcy k...@chrysler.com wrote: I'm not sure what you're asking, exactly. Are you surprised that named would respond on an IPv6 link-local address if configured with listen-on-v6 { any; };? Can an ipv4-only server give an ipv6 address as part of

Re: Dig for link-local

2013-03-22 Thread Carlos M. Martinez
Transport has nothing to do with content in DNS. If your client asks for an record it will get the appropriate answer according to the zone's records (a value or an error condition) regardless on whether the query was made over IPv6 or IPv4. That said, you can 'hack' around this expected