[hipl-users] Re: Using DNS with HIPL

  • From: Blerta Bishaj <blertabishaj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <hipl-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:30:44 +0100

Hi,



ipv6 bamboo is now running on these test servers:



crossroads.infrahip.net

ashenvale.infrahip.net



By tomorrow, it should also be running on:



felwood.infrahip.net



-Blerta


> Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:47:47 +0200
> From: miika.komu@xxxxxxx
> To: hipl-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: blerta_bishaj@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [hipl-users] Re: Using DNS with HIPL
> 
> Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > I seem to recall a patched BIND to support HITs in DNS.
> 
> http://infrahip.hiit.fi/hipl/manual/ch28.html
> http://infrahip.hiit.fi/hipl/manual/ch29.html
> 
> > Then there is point 7 in ch13 about putting AAAA records in DNS.
> 
> This is depcrated and since we can now support real HI records, there is 
> no reason no mess up IPv6 records with HIP.
> 
>  > I have
> > my own server running, I can put up AAAA records for say target.htt.  I 
> > could try Opportunistic mode with this, or is there someway to also 
> > store the HIT?  There is the comment in ch13 about no HI support in DNS, 
> > but then there is ch28 about formatting HIs to store in BIND9.  Oh, I am 
> > running BIND 9.3.4.
> 
> I believe Oleg answered to this already.
> 
> Btw, Oleg is improving on mobility extensions for bind... stay tuned!
> 
> > So how do I get away from using /etc/hosts and /etc/hip/hosts?
> 
> By using DNS or OpenDHT.
> 
> > Or will I still use /etc/hip/hosts with the IPv6 records in DNS?
> 
> You can comment the entire /etc/hip/hosts file to make sure that it is 
> not used.
> 
> > How do I handle LSIs and can DNSPROXY wedge into this to help as well?
> 
> The dns proxy should be able to return LSIs to IPv4-based apps.
> 
> > Finally of course there is DHT.  Does OpenDHT support IPv6 or do I have 
> > to run my own Bamboo servers (my hosts only have IPv6 configured).
> 
> We have IPv6 patches for Bamboo from Xiaopeng. Blerta promised to ack on 
> the list when our test servers are running Bamboo over IPv6.
> 

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