[AusNOG] Domain Registrars in Australia supporting IPv6 Glue

[Shaun Ewing]

On 3/06/09 9:49 AM, "Kim Davies" <kim at cynosure.com.au> wrote:

> I assume you are referring to the whois.ausregistry.net.au server? Has
> the problem been reported to them?

Yes, we have an open request with their support team and also touched on it
briefly at the last registrar's conference.

For clarity, what I am referring to is the whois results when nameservers
have both IPv4 and IPv6 glue.

As an example, on aussiehq.com.au:

Name Server:                     ns1.aussiehq.net.au
Name Server IP:                  2405:5000:2:17::1
Name Server:                     ns2.aussiehq.net.au
Name Server IP:                  208.71.170.223
Name Server:                     ns3.aussiehq.net.au
Name Server IP:                  2405:5000:2:17::3

All three servers have both IPv4 and IPv6 glue, but for some reason the
whois server has decided to show IPv6 records for ns1 and ns3 and an IPv4
record for ns2.

One thing that did cross my mind is that it may be based on sort order. For
example, ns1/3 are IPv4 203.88.. and IPv6 2405:5000:.. whereas ns2 is IPv4
208.71.. and IPv6 2001:470:..

It's not a major problem as it's purely cosmetic, but we've had a few people
ask our service desk about it.

-Shaun