Technical Summary
This document provides a summary of issues and discusses the
current usage status of A6 DNS records and moves the A6
specifications to Historic status, providing clarity to
implementers and operators.
Working Group Summary
No major issues raised. Document was discussed on the DNSEXT list,
but the chairs considered that the WG already had too many other
unfinished items so this document is being processed as AD-sponsored.
Document Quality
The document itself is clear. The whole point is that the feature
is not deployed and is not considered useful.
Personnel
Ralph Droms <rdroms.ietf@gmail.com> is the Sponsoring and
Responsible AD.
RFC Editor Note
Please make the following editorial changes prior to publication:
Change the Abstract:
OLD:
This document provides a summary of issues and discusses the current
usage status of A6 DNS records and moves the A6 specifications to
Historic status, providing clarity to implementers and operators.
NEW:
This document provides a summary of issues and discusses the current
usage status of A6 DNS records and moves the RFC 2874 to
Historic status, providing clarity to implementers and operators.
Change the last paragraph of Section 1:
OLD:
deployment, this document moves the A6 specifications to Historic
status, thereby clarifying that implementers and operators should
represent IPv6 addresses in the DNS only by using AAAA records.
NEW:
deployment, this document moves RFC 2874 [RFC2874] to Historic
status, thereby clarifying that implementers and operators should
represent IPv6 addresses in the DNS only by using AAAA records.
Change Section 6:
OLD:
IANA is requested to change the annotation of the A6 RR type from
"Experimental" to "Obsolete" in the DNS Parameters registry.
NEW:
IANA is requested to change the annotation of the A6 RR type (code
38) from "Experimental" to "Obsolete" in the DNS Parameters
registry.