[166247] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: comcast ipv6 PTR
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John R. Levine)
Tue Oct 15 10:44:40 2013
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:44:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: "John R. Levine" <johnl@iecc.com>
To: Joe Abley <jabley@hopcount.ca>
In-Reply-To: <80F4110F-2302-4552-8B49-68B2763DEF4E@hopcount.ca>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
>> Where do the forward records for these random devices come from?
>
> From a domain name typed into a configuration panel on the home gateway, updated in the same manner (find the zone cut, find the MNAME, send a DNS UPDATE)?
Hmmn. Seems like a security disaster waiting to happen, but I see how the
pices could work. Tnx.
Regards,
John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
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