Re:IPv6 Excuse Bingo
by pierat on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @10:57AM
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Biggest "excuse" is usability:
IPv6->IPv4 failover where the IPv6 DNS records are busted make a whole lot of sites unusable.
Basically, the AAAA record provides some broken IP6 address, and the browser then just "site not found, NXRECORD", even if there's a perfectly valid A record for the same.
If a company doesnt have an AAAA record, it works fine. Its when the AAAA record is busted (but present) is where you will see loads of weird and bad stuff.
IPv6->IPv4 failover where the IPv6 DNS records are busted make a whole lot of sites unusable.
Basically, the AAAA record provides some broken IP6 address, and the browser then just "site not found, NXRECORD", even if there's a perfectly valid A record for the same.
If a company doesnt have an AAAA record, it works fine. Its when the AAAA record is busted (but present) is where you will see loads of weird and bad stuff.