The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List:
modid: DNS::Bananafonana
DSLIP: Rdpfp
description: Bananafonana encoding / decoding for DNS
userid: FOXEY (Michiel Fokke)
chapterid: 5 (Networking_Devices_IPC)
communities:
cvs repo @sourceforge (project Bananafonana)
similar:
Math::Base85
rationale:
The module provides 3 function for encoding and decoding numbers
(specifically ip addresses) in Bananafonana format:
RFC 1924 describes a compact, fixed-size representation of IPv6
addresses which uses a base 85 number system. The base 85 numbers
(from 0 to 84) are as follows: 0..9 A..Z a..z ! # $ % & ( ) * + - ;
< = > ? @ ^ _ ` { | } ~
In order to let human beings pronounce the resulting string more
easily and to be able to use base 85 encoding in DNS naming schemes,
an alternative encoding scheme is used, based on 85 consonant-vowel
pairs, as suggested by DGolden on Slashdot
(http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=649579&cid=24654733). This
scheme is named after the children song "Bananafonana".
The functions are mainly useful for encoding and decoding of ipv4
and ipv6 addresses in pointer (PTR) records in a DNS server (e.g.
for automatic generation of matching hostname & ptr record for
dialup or adsl users).
For this reason, I've chosen the DNS prefix in the namespace. I am
happy to take better suiting suggestions...
enteredby: FOXEY (Michiel Fokke)
enteredon: Sun Oct 30 20:53:00 2011 GMT
The resulting entry would be:
DNS::
::Bananafonana Rdpfp Bananafonana encoding / decoding for DNS FOXEY
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