[mdlug] OT: the great IPv6 debate

[Aaron Kulkis]

Dan Pritts wrote:
> the problem is not borked DNS; it is not at the server or at the client
> site.  The problem is some broken network, somewhere in the middle.
> 
> Yes, someone somewhere screwed up; yes, they should fix it.  yes,
> i should complain (and i do!).  all that said, this is to be expected
> in this transitional phase.  Having application software that
> exacerbates the problem just makes users want to turn off v6.
> 

And if IPv4 was screwed up in the middle, the same problems
would occur.  Otherwise, we could all just put random numbers
in, and networking would still work.

> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 05:57:04PM -0400, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
>> Dan Pritts wrote:
>>> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 04:26:47PM -0400, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
>>>>>   My system has a v6 and v4 address
>>>>>   The server has a AAAA record and an A record.  
>>>>>   I have v4 reachability but not v6 reachability to the server
>>>>>
>>>>> This happens pretty frequently in my experience.
>>>> Why does your DNS server frequently have incorrect records?
>>> My dns server does not have problems.  the ipv6 internet has problems.
>>>
>>>
>>>>> Obviously this is a transitional problem - but it's a big one.
>>>> More than anything, it sounds like incompetent and/or improper
>>>> administration somewhere.
>>> I'm curious how much experience you have using v6 on a daily basis.
>>>
>> I didn't say that YOu are administrating your DNS box wrong,
>> I'm saying that somewhere in the DNS resolution chain,
>> someone is doing incompetent or improper administration.
>>
>> And it really doesn't matter if it's "easy" or "difficult",
>> merely that it's correct or incorrect.______
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