IPv4 in IPv6 in AAAA records

[Miek Gieben]

[On 23 Aug, @ 10:48, Colm wrote in "Re: IPv4 in IPv6 in AAAA recor ..."]
> This is still a bug in NSD though, as the IPv6 standards allow for the 
> low order 32 bits to be represented as dotted quads for any address, for 
> example:
> 
>   colmmacccc at byron:~$ ping6 2001:770:18:2:206:5bff:254.63.170.218
>   PING 2001:770:18:2:206:5bff:254.63.170.218(2001:770:18:2:206:5bff:fe3f:aada) from ::1 : 56 data bytes
>   64 bytes from 2001:770:18:2:206:5bff:fe3f:aada: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.066 ms
> 
> 
> c.f. Appendix B to RFC2373

note that 2373 has been obsoleted by 3513, but 3513 still allows this 
syntax. (See http://rfc.net/rfc3513.html#s2.2)

grtz Miek