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+Network Working Group                                         S. Thomson
+Request for Comments: 1886                                      Bellcore
+Category: Standards Track                                     C. Huitema
+                                                                   INRIA
+                                                           December 1995
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+                DNS Extensions to support IP version 6
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+Status of this Memo
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+   This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
+   Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
+   improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
+   Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
+   and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
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+Abstract
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+   This document defines the changes that need to be made to the Domain
+   Name System to support hosts running IP version 6 (IPv6).  The
+   changes include a new resource record type to store an IPv6 address,
+   a new domain to support lookups based on an IPv6 address, and updated
+   definitions of existing query types that return Internet addresses as
+   part of additional section processing.  The extensions are designed
+   to be compatible with existing applications and, in particular, DNS
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+Thompson & Huitema          Standards Track                    [Page 1]
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+RFC 1886                  IPv6 DNS Extensions              December 1995
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+1. INTRODUCTION
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+   Current support for the storage of Internet addresses in the Domain
+   Name System (DNS)[1,2] cannot easily be extended to support IPv6
+   addresses[3] since applications assume that address queries return
+   32-bit IPv4 addresses only.
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+   To support the storage of IPv6 addresses we define the following
+   extensions:
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+      o A new resource record type is defined to map a domain name to an
+        IPv6 address.
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+      o A new domain is defined to support lookups based on address.
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+      o Existing queries that perform additional section processing to
+        locate IPv4 addresses are redefined to perform additional
+        section processing on both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
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+   The changes are designed to be compatible with existing software. The
+   existing support for IPv4 addresses is retained. Transition issues
+   related to the co-existence of both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in DNS
+   are discussed in [4].
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+2. NEW RESOURCE RECORD DEFINITION AND DOMAIN
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+   A new record type is defined to store a host's IPv6 address. A host
+   that has more than one IPv6 address must have more than one such
+   record.
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+2.1 AAAA record type
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+   The AAAA resource record type is a new record specific to the
+   Internet class that stores a single IPv6 address.
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+   The value of the type is 28 (decimal).
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+2.2 AAAA data format
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+   A 128 bit IPv6 address is encoded in the data portion of an AAAA
+   resource record in network byte order (high-order byte first).
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+2.3 AAAA query
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+   An AAAA query for a specified domain name in the Internet class
+   returns all associated AAAA resource records in the answer section of
+   a response.
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+   A type AAAA query does not perform additional section processing.
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+2.4 Textual format of AAAA records
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+   The textual representation of the data portion of the AAAA resource
+   record used in a master database file is the textual representation
+   of a IPv6 address as defined in [3].
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+2.5 IP6.INT Domain
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+   A special domain is defined to look up a record given an address. The
+   intent of this domain is to provide a way of mapping an IPv6 address
+   to a host name, although it may be used for other purposes as well.
+   The domain is rooted at IP6.INT.
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+   An IPv6 address is represented as a name in the IP6.INT domain by a
+   sequence of nibbles separated by dots with the suffix ".IP6.INT". The
+   sequence of nibbles is encoded in reverse order, i.e. the low-order
+   nibble is encoded first, followed by the next low-order nibble and so
+   on. Each nibble is represented by a hexadecimal digit. For example,
+   the inverse lookup domain name corresponding to the address
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+       4321:0:1:2:3:4:567:89ab
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+b.a.9.8.7.6.5.0.4.0.0.0.3.0.0.0.2.0.0.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.2.3.4.IP6.INT.
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+3. MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING QUERY TYPES
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+   All existing query types that perform type A additional section
+   processing, i.e. name server (NS), mail exchange (MX) and mailbox
+   (MB) query types, must be redefined to perform both type A and type
+   AAAA additional section processing. These new definitions mean that a
+   name server must add any relevant IPv4 addresses and any relevant
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+   IPv6 addresses available locally to the additional section of a
+   response when processing any one of the above queries.
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+4. SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
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+5. REFERENCES
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+   [1]  Mockapetris, P., "Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities", STD
+        13, RFC 1034, USC/Information Sciences Institute, November 1987.
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+   [2]  Mockapetris, P., "Domain Names - Implementation and Specifica-
+        tion", STD 13, RFC 1035, USC/Information Sciences Institute,
+        November 1987.
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+   [3]  Hinden, R., and S. Deering, Editors, "IP Version 6 Addressing
+        Architecture", RFC 1884, Ipsilon Networks, Xerox PARC, December
+        1995.
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+   [4]  Gilligan, R., and E. Nordmark, "Transition Mechanisms for IPv6
+        Hosts and Routers", Work in Progress.
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+Authors' Addresses
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+   Susan Thomson
+   Bellcore
+   MRE 2P343
+   445 South Street
+   Morristown, NJ 07960
+   U.S.A.
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+   Phone: +1 201-829-4514
+   EMail: set@thumper.bellcore.com
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+   Christian Huitema
+   INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis
+   2004 Route des Lucioles
+   BP 109
+   F-06561 Valbonne Cedex
+   France
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+   Phone: +33 93 65 77 15
+   EMail: Christian.Huitema@MIRSA.INRIA.FR
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