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Re: IPv6 and DNS



On 07/12/11 at 08:50pm, Arno Schuring wrote:
> Laurence Hurst (L.A.Hurst@lboro.ac.uk on 2011-07-12 11:54 +0100):
> > Hi folks,
> > 
> > I notice a couple of other IPv6 related questions on this list so I
> > hope this isn't too far of topic...
> [..]
> > 
> > I am curious, if I wanted to translate my IPv4 configuration into an
> > IPv6 world;
> As of this moment, it is not recommended to run IPv6-only networks,
> dual-stack is preferred. Not in the least because most of the Internet
> is not yet reachable over v6 (sadly...). The best way to go forward is
> to get IPv6 running in basic mode first (autoconfiguration), and then
> start moving more services on IPv6 once you feel confident -- but take
> a *good* look at firewalling rules before you do so.

Who doesn't recommend it? It's almost impossible at this moment, but not
recommended not to if you can. 

And just because you have to keep IPv4 around to reach non-IPv6 internet
resources is *no reason* to ignore the perfectly working native IPv6 solutions
to OPs problems.

-- 
Liam

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