"Mark Andrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I administer an all-IPv4 network, but I'm ready to get up to speed on > > supporting IPv6 services. > > > > My DNS (BIND v9.3.4, on a RHEL 5.2 system) is authoritative for my > > network and caches resolutions from the Internet at large. The client > > machines on my network are a mix of Linux, Win2K and WinXP machines, > > and networked printers. All the usual clients are configured with > > static 192.168.0/24 IP addresses, but I also do DynDNS for the > > occasional guest machine. > > > > My minimum goal is to support caching resolution of IPv6 addresses. > > > > Is there a IPv4-to-IPv6 How-To with an emphasis on DNS that is > > recommended? > > > > Thanks. > > You listen for queries on IPv6 interfaces > > listen-on-v6 { any; }; > > You add AAAA records for the machines. > > drugs.dv.isc.org. AAAA 2001:470:1f00:820:214:22ff:fed9:fbdc > > You add IP6.ARPA PTR records for the addresses with all the nibbles in > the address expanded and reversed. This is similar to IN-ADDR.ARPA entries. > > c.d.b.f.9.d.e.f.f.f.2.2.4.1.2.0.0.2.8.0.0.0.f.1.0.7.4.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa. PTR drugs.dv.isc.org. > > A simple way to get the reverse name is to do "dig -x <address>" and look > at the question section. > > e.g > % dig -x 2001:470:1f00:820:214:22ff:fed9:fbdc
A simpler way is to use this tool for building the reverse zone: http://www.fpsn.net/tools&tool=ipv6-inaddr
