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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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