[Dnsmasq-discuss] IPV6 preference
/dev/rob0
rob0 at gmx.co.uk
Thu May 9 13:04:53 BST 2013
> On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 10:25 AM, /dev/rob0 <rob0 at gmx.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 05:43:01AM -0700, Ray Klassen wrote:
> >> Is there a way of configuring dnsmasq to always return an
> >> ipv6 address on a DNS request if there are both ipv4 and
> >> ipv6 available?
> >
> > I wouldn't think so. A client either asks for an A record
> > (ipv4) or AAAA (ipv6), it does not ask for "an address".
> >
On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 01:58:42PM -0700, Ray Klassen wrote:
> Huh. I would have thought the request by the application would
> be similar to running host.
An application uses a gethostbyname() call via its system C
libraries.[1] But most applications do not directly query DNS.
host(1) is, of course, an exception.
> as in
>
> #host google.com
>
> that returns a list of both ipv4 and ipv6 entries...
The behaviour of host(1) is described in its manual. See the "-t"
option. You are seeing the default behaviour (with no -t query type
specified.)
[1] Whilst it might appear that I know what I am talking about, I
confess I really do not. I have no knowledge of the low-level
intricacies of C libraries and their resolver(5) functions. I do,
however, understand the general flow: which software parts do
which things.
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