Subject: Re: Off-topic: IPv6 name resolving with Solaris 8?
To: None <hubert.feyrer@informatik.fh-regensburg.de>
From: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
List: tech-net
Date: 04/19/2000 09:19:42
>I wonder how I can get the Solaris 8 tools to do proper DNS queries with
>AAAA records:
>	rfhs8036$ ping -A inet6 noon.ipv6.fh-regensburg.de
>	ping: unknown IPv6 host noon.ipv6.fh-regensburg.de
>but:
>	rfhs8036$ nslookup -qt=aaaa noon.ipv6.fh-regensburg.de
>	Server:  smaug.fh-regensburg.de
>	Address:  194.95.108.11
>
>	noon.ipv6.fh-regensburg.de      canonical name =
>	netbsd.ipv6.fh-regensburg.de
>	netbsd.ipv6.fh-regensburg.de    IPv6 address = 3ffe:400:430:1::1
>	ipv6.fh-regensburg.de   nameserver = localhost
>	ipv6.fh-regensburg.de   nameserver = rfhpc8321.fh-regensburg.de
>	rfhpc8321.fh-regensburg.de      internet address = 194.95.108.79

	It looks very strange DNS configuration me.
	Why does the NS record point to "localhost"?  I won't be surprised
	if something bad happens.

itojun


% dig noon.ipv6.fh-regensburg.de. aaaa

; <<>> DiG 8.1 <<>> noon.ipv6.fh-regensburg.de. aaaa 
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 2
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 3
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      noon.ipv6.fh-regensburg.de, type = AAAA, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
noon.ipv6.fh-regensburg.de.  59m52s IN CNAME  netbsd.ipv6.fh-regensburg.de.
netbsd.ipv6.fh-regensburg.de.  1H IN AAAA  3ffe:400:430:1::1

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
ipv6.fh-regensburg.de.  1H IN NS        localhost.
ipv6.fh-regensburg.de.  1H IN NS        rfhpc8321.fh-regensburg.de.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
localhost.              1H IN AAAA      ::1
localhost.              1H IN A         127.0.0.1
rfhpc8321.fh-regensburg.de.  1d14h35m7s IN A  194.95.108.79

;; Total query time: 4498 msec
;; FROM: lychee.itojun.org to SERVER: default -- 0.0.0.0
;; WHEN: Wed Apr 19 09:17:59 2000
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 44  rcvd: 226