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IPv6 & DNS

New Resource Record introduced: AAAA

furry:~ furry$ dig www.kame.net aaaa
www.kame.net. IN AAAA 2001:200::8002:203:47ff:fea5:3085

Reverse Delegation:

the pseudo-domain ipv6.arpa
Each label is a nibble (4 bits, one hex number)

Example:

PTR RR for an IPv6 address 2001:db8::20:219f:bd8c:17af
f.a.7.1.c.8.d.b.f.9.1.2.0.2.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.8.b.d.0.1.0.0.2.ipv6.arpa. PTR
Don't forget to use $ORIGIN to simplify your DNS zone file!