[DBWG] IPv6 Reverse DNS

Frank Habicht geier at geier.ne.tz
Tue Sep 3 12:10:33 UTC 2024


On 02/09/2024 18:47, Nishal Goburdhan wrote:
> On 2 Sep 2024, at 16:51, Graham Beneke via DBWG wrote:
> 
>> Hi All,
>> Does the AfriNIC database support reverse IPv6 DNS delegations at any nibble boundary - or only /32 and /48.
>> I am busy trying to create a delegation for a /24 allocation of IPv6 space. On my.afrinic this fails with a syntax error.
>> hostmaster@ suggested that I create individual /32 delegations (256 of them) for the subnet. I'm wondering if this is a fundamental limitation of the DB - or simply a shortcoming on the my.afrinic interface.
> 
> 
> iirc, frank has previously complained about /128 delegations, (and arguably rightfully so)
> i don’t think that this is a db limitation ..
> 
> —n.
> 

I hope staff can help out here and confirm whether or not that is a DB 
limitation. And whether or not that is an issue with the my.afrinic 
interface. And whether that is going to be worked on.

Regards,
Frank




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