Subj : Nodes location. Funny statistics.
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Wed Aug 06 2025 01:33 pm

Hello Wilfred,

On Wednesday August 06 2025 11:11, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> So the question "if the sysop is unaware that he/she has IPv6,
 MvdV>> where do these AAAA records come from" remains unanswered.

 WV> For a VPS the mac address is known by the VPS provider. If they also
 WV> provide the host name, they can pre configure an IPv6 AAAA record,
 WV> that is based on the mac address.

I suppose it is technically possible. That does not mean it actually happens. 
If it does, I doubt it will explain more than a very tiny fraction of the non 
responses found by Dmitry.


Cheers, Michiel

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