Is it possible to set an ipv6 PTR record

[Joe Abley]

Hey Robert,

Yes, the advice was not quite right. dig -x takes an address as an argument, not a name. There's a manual page which presumably isn't installed if you're using Linux, since who needs manual pages. You don't need to specify the QTYPE with -x since it sets it to PTR for you; to get the IPv6 address you need to specify QTYPE=AAAA since otherwise dig defaults to A.

dig @resolver robert-chalmers.uk <http://robert-chalmers.uk/> AAAA

should answer with your IPv6 address, if there is one, and

dig -x @resolver 2a02:...(etc)

should answer with the name, if there is one


Joe

> On 18 Dec 2018, at 04:25, Robert Chalmers via Unbound-users <unbound-users at nlnetlabs.nl> wrote:
> 
> 
> Thanks, but nope, all I get back is the ipv4 address. 
> So I’m doing something wrong.
> 
> robert
> 
> 
> 
>> On 18 Dec 2018, at 08:33, A. Schulze via Unbound-users <unbound-users at nlnetlabs.nl <mailto:unbound-users at nlnetlabs.nl>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Robert Chalmers via Unbound-users:
>> 
>>> So I’m pretty sure I’ve set this up right, but how do I check?
>> 
>> $ dig -x @resolver robert-chalmers.uk <http://robert-chalmers.uk/>
>> shoud answer with your IPv6
>> or
>> $ dig @resolver  1.9.e.f.6.4.e.c.2.6.4.e.9.6.0.c.0.0.b.8.5.8.a.3.f.7.c.0.2.0.a.2.ip6.arpa. ptr
>> should answer with the name
>> 
>> 
> 
> Robert Chalmers
> https://robert-chalmers.uk <https://robert-chalmers.uk/>
> author at robert-chalmers.uk
> @R_A_Chalmers
> 

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