From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QUP4k-0004lw-Op for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 08 Jun 2011 20:10:03 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 436351C03E; Wed, 8 Jun 2011 20:08:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E628E1C03E for ; Wed, 8 Jun 2011 20:08:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwj40 with SMTP id 40so872221wwj.10 for ; Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:08:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references :in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :message-id; bh=bIm62144i9q8vhiRb3YzmpJTXD42hzk7nEkwOmG3tUo=; b=GJR6riJM6+L9qDJjERB0hCoyc/A4kRqheqmNfXcoDUKXw/1Izy5Ursbh6nBHYY+0gC yXnsCqzJGBLemcJzxjZXqTFEd2jcZi7dw3JTN17gCN4Hcoy6GvMEh8yQPFMD2LO7rdNG VdlHGPNxDrlmD20ov1JLV8Xq94kOUQs7wgAds= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=ohf9GlIoh3vlns7F3xHkgbpSeXaw+cYSC/CRNshEEbpPAsLzOPT98vxXYylUQuG3u1 PCZSRU9nKtUItTwyuCRpeSTz3OHHg1oQisEN0suFkjBpSmvOQj5KWWi5kEpGTQLP770B 2CaTEyabAiIW9Qlixhk+uQXMIMXuCkIqEjGy4= Received: by 10.216.143.74 with SMTP id k52mr7599473wej.0.1307563721103; Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:08:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nazgul.localnet (196-210-183-215.dynamic.isadsl.co.za [196.210.183.215]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k70sm478980weq.6.2011.06.08.13.08.38 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:08:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] IPv6 not ready here; Hmmm Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 22:08:03 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/2.6.39-ck; KDE/4.6.3; x86_64; ; ) References: <4DEED011.90907@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201106082208.04183.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 48422a9befd9faebd0876aa668641add Apparently, though unproven, at 21:45 on Wednesday 08 June 2011, Paul Hartman did opine thusly: > On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 8:27 PM, Dale wrote: > > Funny thing is, I use googles DNS servers. 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 are the > > settings. I find it ironic that Google is one of the ones hosting this > > event and it appears their server is not ready. Makes me think. < Dale > > scratches chin a bit > > > From Google DNS FAQ: > > Does Google Public DNS support IPv6? > Google Public DNS can respond to requests for IPv6 addresses (AAAA > requests), but it does not yet support native IPv6 transport and > cannot talk to IPv6-only authoritative nameservers. Clients should use > IPv4 network connections to use Google Public DNS. Almost all large auth servers out there are in exactly that position. Mine certainly are. Cisco are waiting in the wings with a gigantic[1] quote for what it will take to change that. [1] When I say "gigantic" I really do mean "gigantic", as in "OMFG, does the number of $US fit into the money field in Oracle Financials??". Not "gigantic" as in "oh, that's big, bigger than what we normally call big". Just wanted to add some perspective... -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com