On Sat, 1 Aug 2020 12:39:00 -0400 wkitt...@gmail.com wrote: > On 7/31/20 8:19 PM, Neal P. Murphy wrote: > > On Fri, 31 Jul 2020 15:29:06 +0200 Trey Sis <trey...@gmx.net> wrote: > >> may I suggest adding an option for DNS64, i.e. synthesizing of AAAA records > >> given a specified prefix for IPv4-only hostnames? I see this has been > >> brought up, but almost 10 years ago. With dnsmasq being widely in use on > >> many home routers, I think this would be a valuable addition. Especially as > >> it is much leaner than "bind" and "totd" is very outdated. > > > I still plan to do something like this in order to have a single > > configuration set for DHCP/DNS/firewall. Configure IPv4 addresses and static > > IPv4 assignments, and provide /64 IPv6 prefixes for the several LANs. Then > > have the DHCP and DNS servers synthesize IPv6 addresses using the IPv4 > > addrs. > > And have the firewall generating code synthesize IPv6 addresses from > > internal > > IPv4 addresses as needed. The two stacks remain separate (no translators > > between them) and internal network administration is simplified. > > somehow this sounds familiar but seems a little clearer in this context than > it > did when originally read elsewhere some time back...
Likely because the concept is just a little clearer to me today. :) _______________________________________________ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss
