IPv6
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... DNS)[1,2] cannot easily be extended to support IPv6
addresses[3] since applications assume that address queries ...
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To support the storage of IPv6 addresses we define the following
extensions:
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... locate IPv4 addresses are redefined to perform additional
section processing on both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
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... existing support for IPv4 addresses is retained. Transition issues
related to the co-existence of both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in DNS
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A new record type is defined to store a host's IPv6 address. A host
that has more than one IPv6 address ...
... IPv6 address. A host
that has more than one IPv6 address must have more than one such
record.
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... resource
record used in a master database file is the textual representation
of a IPv6 address as defined in [3].
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... address. The
intent of this domain is to provide a way of mapping an IPv6 address
to a host name, although it may be used for other purposes as well.
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An IPv6 address is represented as a name in the IP6.INT domain by a
sequence of nibbles separated by dots with the suffix ...
... name server must add any relevant IPv4 addresses and any relevant
IPv6 addresses available locally to the additional section of a
response when processing any one of the above queries.
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... Gilligan, R., and E. Nordmark, "Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers", Work in Progress. ...