[dns-operations] Missing .us and GTLD records??

[Mark Andrews]

In message <20100519110901.59de7b67.tss at reflection.co.jp>, "T.Suzuki" writes:
> On Wed, 19 May 2010 11:38:41 +1000
> Mark Andrews <marka at isc.org> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > In message <20100519000419.GA1296950 at hiwaay.net>, Chris Adams writes:
> > > Once upon a time, Luis Uribarri <uribarri at alum.mit.edu> said:
> > > > dig: Couldn't find server 'j.gtld.biz': Name or service not known
> > > > ======================================
> > > > ;; Received 472 bytes from 192.33.4.12#53(c.root-servers.net) in 21 ms
> > > > 
> > > > dig: Couldn't find server 'j.cctld.us': Name or service not known
> > > > ======================================
> > > > Sure enough,
> > > > You can confirm with plain old BIND, the "A" records do not exist, (jus
> t 
> > > > the glue, but not the A), should not all 'Registered Name Servers' have
>  
> > > > the 'A' records published, or am I totally wrong here.
> > > 
> > > You are using an older version of dig that assumes all servers have A
> > > records.  The above servers only have AAAA records, which is perfectly
> > > valid.
> > 
> > Or the OS doesn't have IPv6 turned on.  Time to turn on IPv6.
> 
> Then, when should we turn off IPv4 and remove A records ?

At this point *everyone* should be in the process of bringing up IPv6.
There are a few more years to go before we should be turning off IPv4.

Mark
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