On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 09:38:32AM -0300, 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. > > 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 ?
What are the hazards and risks? > I preferred to believe that a router would do this because routers are > considered to be more reliable than a hosts. Reliable, or trusted? > Do you mind to point me out where can I find infos about this protocol that > is being standardised ? RFC2136. - Matt
