Re: Last Call: <draft-iab-2870bis-01.txt> (DNS Root Name Service Protoco

On May 28, 2014, at 9:32 AM, Russ Housley <housley(_at_)vigilsec(_dot_)com> 
wrote:

> Paul:
>
> > |      MUST support IPv4[RFC0791] and IPv6[RFC2460] transport of DNS
> > |      queries and responses.
> >
> > This needs an addition: "Some servers in the root name service might not 
> > support IPv4, and some might not support IPv6." Without that, some people 
> > might think that each server must respond on both layer 3 technologies, but 
> > they do not.
> I would like to see each and every root server support both IPv4 and IPv6.  
So would I. But is that a *requirement*, particularly given that the root 
service seems to run just fine today without it?

I propose that the addition is still needed, despite what you and I would like 
to see.

--Paul Hoffman