dynamic dns update has been done by hosts for some time... http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2136.txt
On Jun 12, 2011, at 5:38 AM, Fabio Mendes wrote: > 2011/6/11 Matthew Palmer <mpal...@hezmatt.org> > >> >> The router isn't assigning an address, it's merely telling everyone on the >> segment what the local prefix and default route is. As such, there's no >> reason why the router should try to register a DNS entry. >> >> On the other hand, the host could (and should) register it's address with >> whatever DNS server handles it's name. The protocol for such is already >> standardised and should be independent of IPv4/IPv6. >> >> - Matt >> > > Thanks Matt. > > I was thinking about something like this, it looks the natural way to go, > but isn't too dangerous allow hosts to update entries (even if it's their > own) in an DNS server ? > > I preferred to believe that a router would do this because routers are > considered to be more reliable than a hosts. In the other hand, I also > recognize that this could put a lot of weight in routers' CPU processing. > > Do you mind to point me out where can I find infos about this protocol that > is being standardised ? > > > Fábio >
