In message <ikG3jf9YmyaauWK/lH7bqg.md5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Arnt Gul brandsen writes: > Mark Andrews writes: > > Seriously, I do think it is time that the root and TLD's had IPv6 only > > name servers. > > Why (and do you mean all 6-only or one 6-only)? Because there are IPv6 only nameservers out there today. Not everyone can get a stable IPv4 address to run a nameserver on. I can't. I've got IPv6 only masters which have dual stack slaves. My IPv6 addresses are stable. My IPv4 addresses are not. And stable IPv4 address will become less available as ISP's introduce carrier grade NATs (NAT444 or DS-lite). While TLD's and the root are in positions where they are unlikely to ever *need* to run IPv6 only, having them run IPv6 only is a good thing as it show the world that this is a normal and expected situation. There is no negative side to running a IPv6 only nameserver. IPv4 only clients will ignore them. For IPv6 only and dual stack clients they are no better or worse than a dual stack server. Mark > Arnt -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: marka@xxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf