Measuring the use of DNS over IPv6
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Geoff Huston discusses the complexities of DNS and the implications of using IPv6 in its ecosystem.
In this episode of PING, APNIC Chief Scientist Geoff Huston discusses running advertising-based experiments and a problem of interest in the modern DNS. DNS fundamentally requires end users, their chosen resolver provider, and the authoritative servers for the names they query to cooperate in a coordinated exchange over IP protocols to answer DNS questions. The specifics of how these queries are encoded and transmitted become complex very quickly, but a particular issue is emerging in how we define, in normative and strongly binding terms, the way the protocol is expected to behave. This will shape future deployment decisions, implementation choices, and operational dependencies. The question centres on the use of IPv6 within the DNS ecosystem as a whole. Can we yet say that IPv6-only DNS can be relied upon in operational practice? And if so, should that position be written into the guidance an RFC may define, were it to be elevated to the status of a Best Current Practice (BCP) or BCP document? Geoff is exploring how to measure this by exploiting a DNS model known as ‘glueless’. In this approach, the additional ‘glue’ records that are typically passed around behind the scenes to…
People in this episode
Host: Geoff Huston
Topics covered
- DNS
- IPv6
- networking
- protocols
- experimentation
Keywords
- DNS
- IPv6
- glueless
- experiments
- Best Current Practice
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Organizations: APNIC
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