John Levine <jo...@taugh.com> wrote: > > If you have a loopback software interface, you could set up a link > local address like fe80::1, but now your DNS software has to > understand link scoped addresses like fe80::1%lo. > > Having set up a DNS cache on my LAN using link local IPv6 addresses, I > can report that it doesn't work very well.
Yes, in July last year I reported bugs against several DNS packages about lack of support for scoped link-local addresses. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <d...@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ Viking, North Utsire: Easterly 4 or 5, increasing 6 at times. Slight or moderate, but rough in southwest Viking. Showers later. Good, occasionally poor later. _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
