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