An AAAA record does, however, give a good indication that there is IPv6 on the box =) As there is no other way to really verify that a box is running IPv6, it's the closest you'll get.
/Tarjei ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Chown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 12:04 PM Subject: Re: Check whether a host is running IPv4 or IPv6 > On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 09:06:12AM +0200, Tarjei Bitust�yl wrote: > > Well, you can always check the AAAA (or A6) dns lookup for the address. > > This is not a good thing to do - DNS presence does not imply connectivity :) > > Tim > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The IPv6 Users Mailing List > Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe users" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The IPv6 Users Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe users" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
