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RFC 1886:DNS Extensions to support IP version 6
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domain


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... Current support for the storage of Internet addresses in the Domain Name System (DNS)[1,2 ...
... A new resource record type is defined to map a domain name to an IPv6 address. ...
... A new domain is defined to support lookups based on address. ...


... NEW RESOURCE RECORD DEFINITION AND DOMAIN ...
... An AAAA query for a specified domain name in the Internet class ...
... IP6.INT Domain ...
... A special domain is defined to look up a record given an address. The ...
... a record given an address. The intent of this domain is to provide a way of mapping an IPv6 address to a host name ...
... to a host name, although it may be used for other purposes as well. The domain is rooted at IP6.INT. ...
... An IPv6 address is represented as a name in the IP6.INT domain by a sequence of nibbles separated by dots with the suffix ".IP6.INT". The ...
... on. Each nibble is represented by a hexadecimal digit. For example, the inverse lookup domain name corresponding to the address ...


... Mockapetris, P., "Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities", STD 13, RFC 1034std13, USC/Information Sciences Institute, November 1987. ...
... Mockapetris, P., "Domain Names - Implementation and Specifica- tion", STD 13, RFC 1035std13, USC/Information Sciences Institute, November 1987. ...



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