From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 14 02:24:07 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB41316A41A for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:24:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Received: from gaia.nimnet.asn.au (nimbin.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.45.143]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67B3E13C457 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:24:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Received: from localhost (smithi@localhost) by gaia.nimnet.asn.au (8.8.8/8.8.8R1.5) with SMTP id MAA13311; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:23:48 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:23:47 +1000 (EST) From: Ian Smith To: Andreas Pettersson In-Reply-To: <46E97100.8060703@telia.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Mark Andrews , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BIND 9.3.1 - How to get rid of AAAA querys? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:24:07 -0000 On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Andreas Pettersson wrote: > > [snip] > > Why don't you go the other way and get yourself IPv6 > > connectivity. You do realise that you will require it to > > reach many sites in about 3 years time as they will be IPv6 > > only > > For almost 10 years I've heard discussions about the successor to IPv4, > but from my point of view (may differ from others..) not much has > happened. Of course, I can imagine that when the wheel starts rolling > for real things might change quickly. 3 years may prove to be correct, > but are there any clear signs pointing in this direction? eg: http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/index.html http://www.circleid.com/posts/transition_to_ipv6_address/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/ipv6_extinction_evolution_or_revolution/ Cheers, Ian