Turning off ipv6

Michael Cronenworth mike at cchtml.com
Mon Feb 8 17:53:11 UTC 2010


Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> I'll try that, but since it just affects the logging, does this mean
> that named is still trying to do ipv6 lookups all the time?

Only if you are visiting a IPv6-capable site, but such lookups return 
immediately since you have no IPv6 route. There will not be any 
increased latency or performance loss due to it. Named sees the AAAA 
record and attempts to perform DNSSEC validation.


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