Subject: Re: dns search paths with KAME
To: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
From: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
List: current-users
Date: 07/20/1999 00:14:50
>> Search path is implemented, but it is handled like:
>> AAAA from /etc/hosts
>> AAAA from DNS
>> A from /etc/hosts
>> A from DNS
>> I dunno if this is the right order, or
>> AAAA from /etc/hosts
>> A from /etc/hosts
>> AAAA from DNS
>> A from DNS
>> is the right order. The latter one is hard to implement at this moment
>> (getaddrinfo using gethostbyname2 inside), but once we implement
>> getipnodebyname in libc, we may be able to do the latter.
>any idea how a6 record lookups will impact on this?
I'm sure it will complicate things:-) There will be an section in
A6 internet-draft on how we use AAAA and A6 during transition.
Personally, I don't believe in A6. It complicates things too much.
I think we have too little experience with DNS record types that
returns partial information against query.
itojun