Re: Experimental migration
Brian <brian-keyword-opennic.873727 <at> pongonova.net>
2004-08-15 15:40:54 GMT
Aaron--
While djb does appear to be a pompous ass who is very unyielding on
any issue stance but his own, one shouldn't shortchange
his programming skills nor the underlying simplicity of design and
function of his programs. There are several patches available for
djbdns which implement IPv6 functionality and work around the issues
you bring up.
--Brian
On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 09:05:40AM -0500, Aaron J. Angel wrote:
> Don't let me stop you, but I would personally advise against it. Read some
> of his publishing on "the IPv6 mess" where he states there's no transition
> plan--completely false, or A6 and DNAME records--simply because he doesn't
> understand proper use of A6 records, he removes support for both. The
> examples he uses are obviously flawed, but he insists it would become
> something of the norm. Re: A6, the same is possible with CNAME records, but
> do you see massive failures yet? Besides, who cares if AOL's hostnames are
> unresolveable? And while he gives a fairly good analogy between MX and
> IPv6, he takes almost every opportunity he gets to bash the IPv6 folks. I'm
> just not a big fan of djb.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: discuss-owner <at> opennic.unrated.net
> > [mailto:discuss-owner <at> opennic.unrated.net] On Behalf Of vido <at> ldh.org
> > Sent: Sunday 15 August 2004 0:52
> > To: discuss <at> opennic.unrated.net
> > Subject: OpenNIC Discuss: Experimental migration
> >
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