[AusNOG] IPv6 DNS Providers in Australia

[Kevin Karp]

Hi Mark

 >RFC 3597 was written nearly a decade ago now. There really is no 
excuse for any provider not accepting any type of DNS record.
 >This we only support types A, B, C and D does no one any favours and 
just makes it harder to deploy anything new.

Fully agree on both points.

Often the culprit is not the DNS software supporting the RFC but the 
control panel software being used by providers to support novice users 
at budget (often free) pricing.

Professional users should have access to more sophisticated and direct 
control of their DNS zone file records and not be limited by the 
constraints imposed by attempts to support the casual non-professional 
user.

Often the cost of the free services is the constrained feature set which 
has been limited to those functions sufficient to satisfy the vast bulk 
of price sensitive novice users.

"Full functionality" and "free" is a difficult combination to find and 
even more difficult to commercially support.

Regards

Kevin

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