Subj : Re: Nodes location. Funny statistics.
To   : Dennis Slagers
From : Nick Boel
Date : Wed Aug 06 2025 17:11:15

Hey Dennis!

On Wed, Aug 06 2025 00:55:46 -0500, you wrote:

 > If I want to have a DNS name whatever.com and I do not configure it, 
 > it is registered but does not go to any address. Hence which is ok 
 > and wanted and meant to be.

I guess what I meant was, if one does indeed configure their A record, do some providers possibly have some kind of catch all, default AAAA record that just points to A in hopes there's an IPv6 address also?

I understand if one wants to point their DNS to a specific AAAA record, they can do it themselves. I'm just wondering with not many people even knowing if they have IPv6 (or not even knowing what it is) in a dual stack situation, if it might be automatically enabled somehow by the registrar.

When IPv6 compatible routers first started coming out, there was no filtering and/or port forwarding. If you enabled IPv6, it was completely open. I don't think it took very long for them to wise up and address that, but I bet there's still people using those old routers.

Regards,
Nick

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