rfc-8501

Reverse DNS in IPv6 for Internet Service Providers

L. Howard
date2018-11 streamIETF areaops wgdnsop statusINFORMATIONAL pages15 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8501 doi10.17487/RFC8501
In IPv4, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) commonly provide IN-ADDR.ARPA information for their customers by prepopulating the zone with one PTR record for every available address. This practice does not scale in IPv6. This document analyzes different approaches and considerations for ISPs in managing the IP6.ARPA zone.