IPv6

[Maxim Veksler]

On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 10:33 AM, geoffrey mendelson <
geoffreymendelson at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Feb 4, 2011, at 10:09 AM, Uri Even-Chen wrote:
>
>  I have websites and domain names, but currently I think they work with
>> IPv4
>> and not IPv6. Will they change them to IPv6? Will I have to change DNS
>> settings for my domain names? And when will this happen?
>>
>
> Possibly never, but at least for a long time. The current DNS system is
> IPv4 only, but serves both IPv4 and IPv6. If you have your DNS set up to
> include IPv6, the information will be available, but the client needs to be
> able to interpet it.
>
> Since BIND is open source software, nothing is preventing you or anyone
> else from adding IPv6 support to it. Eventually someone will do it, and 100%
> IPv6 networks will become possible.
>
>
To clarify some misconceptions: Bind IPv6 is in working condition.

Further more, it is production ready as demonstrated by this article
http://www.debian-administration.org/article/655/Running_IPv6_in_practice
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