…ng the debate so that we can reach closure and move on. Introduction RFC 1886 [ RFC1886 ] specified straightforward mechanisms to support IPv6 addresses in the DNS. These mechanisms closely resemble the mechanisms used to support IPv4, with a minor improvement to the reverse mapp…

…rocess of standardizing two different address formats for IPv6 addresses AAAA [ RFC1886 ] and A6 [ RFC2874 ] and both are at proposed standard. This had led to confusion and conflicts on which one to deploy. It is important for deployment that any confusion in this area be cleare…

…2874 ]. 2 . Obsoleted Usage This document deprecates references to IP6.INT in [ RFC1886 ] section 2.5 , [RFC2553] section 6.2.3 , [RFC2766] section 4.1 , [RFC2772] section 7.1 .c, and [RFC2874] section 2.5 . In this context, 'deprecate' means that the old usage is not appropriate…

…rocess of standardizing two different address formats for IPv6 addresses AAAA [ RFC1886 ] and A6 [ RFC2874 ] and both are at proposed standard. This had led to confusion and conflicts on which one to deploy. It is important for deployment that any confusion in this area be cleare…

…, 1995. S . Thomson and C. Huitema, "DNS Extensions to support IP version 6" in RFC1886 (December 1995). ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1886.txt . Crawford, 2000. M . Crawford, C. Huitema, and S. Thomson, "DNS Extensions to Support IPv6 Address Aggregation and Renumbering" in RFC2…