[Dnsmasq-discuss] DNS64 support.

[Simon Kelley]

Scott Nicholas wrote:
> Experimenting at home with IPv6... Would like to try DNS64/NAT64 and
> dnsmasq is the logical choice to continue my DNS needs since it's
> already used on my OpenWRT home routers.
> 
> I read over some code a bit before bed, and believe I should have a
> hack together in 2-3 days time that covers just the "Well Known
> Prefix" (currently 64:FF9B::/96) with constant RDATA for PTRs. I
> believe this to be the setup most likely for home routers. Then it's
> simply a single command-line switch to enable DNS64 behavior or not.
> No worries about other prefixes for me at this point.
> 
> Tho before proceeding, was there any other work done with this by
> anyone? Shouldn't take much I think to implement _after_ I learn at
> least how a few things are working.. Looking to throw some ideas
> around. I'm more a hacker/tinkerer than a programmer but I've a draft
> to follow so it shouldn't be too whack ;)
> 
> 

There was a brief conversation about this subject here:

http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2010q4/004635.html

The conclusion seems to be that it's a red-herring for dnsmasq, is that
right? (I don't know anything about DNS64 and have no opinion).


Simon.