Subj : Nodes location. Funny statistics.
To   : Nick Boel
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Thu Aug 07 2025 12:04 pm

Hello Nick,

On Wednesday August 06 2025 17:11, you wrote to Dennis Slagers:

 >> 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.

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

What do you mean by "points to A" in this context?

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

I think Dennis and Wilfred already commented on that.

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

I doubt that the use of those very old routers that do not have a firewall and have it reject all unsilliced income is more that a very few exceptions. IIRC they are over two decades old.


Cheers, Michiel

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