Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list netdev); Tue, 04 Jan 2005 14:20:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from xi.wantstofly.org (alephnull.demon.nl [212.238.201.82]) by oss.sgi.com (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j04MK3BA001531 for ; Tue, 4 Jan 2005 14:20:23 -0800 Received: by xi.wantstofly.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id BC4382B0EE; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:19:55 +0100 (MET) Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:19:55 +0100 From: Lennert Buytenhek To: Pekka Savola Cc: Jeff Garzik , Netdev , YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / ???????????? , Herbert Xu Subject: Re: IPv6 badness continues Message-ID: <20050105101955.GE19910@xi.wantstofly.org> References: <41DA3A60.8050102@pobox.com> <20050104093335.GB7823@xi.wantstofly.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.80/650/Sun Jan 2 19:00:02 2005 clamav-milter version 0.80j on 127.0.0.1 X-Virus-Status: Clean X-archive-position: 13410 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com X-original-sender: buytenh@wantstofly.org Precedence: bulk X-list: netdev On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 10:57:43PM +0200, Pekka Savola wrote: > >I upgraded my problematic machine to FC3, which somehow broke 6to4, and I > >didn't bother to reenable it again because the local DNS server (dnscache) > >just drops AAAA queries on the floor anyway, leading to lots of timeouts > >when trying to resolve host names, etc. Ever since 6to4 was turned off > >on that box I stopped seeing these messages. > > Surely it doesn't just drop AAAA queries on the floor, but sends an > error message? Sorry, I just tried again and can't reproduce this behavior -- when doing an AAAA query on a random domain name I get a clean 0/0/0 answer indicating no RRs of the desired type having been found, and doing an AAAA query on a domain name that does have RRs of that type, I do get the desired records. I'm trying to recall what specific problem it was that I was seeing.. --L