Re: bind9 and ipv6 addresses

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto <fabbione@fabbione.net>]

dman wrote:

> I tried adding this to my local bind zone :
>
> @       IN      AAAA    ::1
> @       IN      A6      ::1
>
> when I reloaded the zones, however, this was in the logfile :
>
> named[32616]: dns_rdata_fromtext: /etc/bind/db.local:15: near '::1': unexpected token
>
> Does bind9 (in woody) understand IPv6 addresses?  Do I need to do
> something special to make it serve these addresses?
>
>
> On a more positive note, I just realized that my exim4 build (not yet
> packaged for debian) didn't understand v6 addresses.  I looked in the
> exim docs and found that I needed HAVE_IPV6=yes in my Makefile.  I set
> it and it worked like a charm!  I didn't need to specify any extra
> includes or libs.  That was a pleasant experience :-).
>
> TIA,
> -D
>
> PS.  hehe, look what sig my random chooser gave us
Ops sorry for the previous email... I miseread the error.

In A6 the correct format is:

ip6-localhost IN A6 0 0::1

the error you get is because is missing the 0 between A6 and the address.
btw I don't rember 100% why it's 0 but the bind documentation can help you.

this is what I have in my dns ..
dns            IN      A6      0 3ffe:100:e:1::1

Fabio


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