Hi Dave, On 26 Nov 2014, at 10:37, Dave Thaler <dtha...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> [note: I am not on the dnsop mailing list, so keep me on any replies] > > One issue I have is with the first paragraph of the Introduction: > >> Many sites connected to the Internet make use of IPv4 addresses that >> are not globally unique. Examples are the addresses designated in >> [RFC1918] for private use within individual sites. > > This makes it sound like the only use cases are for IPv4 addresses, which is > not correct. The DNS is also used at times for multicast addresses, > including locally scoped ones, and such "private use" multicast addresses > occur both in IPv4 and IPv6. > > I have no data on whether anyone is _currently_ using AS112 for such, but > the point is that potential applicability is not limited to IPv4 as implied. That text was cut-and-pasted from 6304, I think, which concerns itself just with the original AS112 service that only considered IPv4 reverse domains. I agree it could be usefully changed. How about we just drop "IPv4" and make it "... make use of addresses that" Joe _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
