[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] discussion needed: 0009 Support for IPv6 elements in idnsForwarders attribute

[Petr Spacek]

And there is the patch, sorry.

Petr^2

On 02/29/2012 03:10 PM, Petr Spacek wrote:
> Hello,
>
> this patch fixes https://fedorahosted.org/bind-dyndb-ldap/ticket/49 ,
> but I want to discuss one (unimplemented) change:
>
> I propose a change in (currently very strange) forwarders syntax.
>
> Current syntax:
> <IP>[.port]
>
> examples:
> 1.2.3.4 (without optional port)
> 1.2.3.4.5553 (optional port 5553)
> A::B (IPv6, without optional port)
> A::B.5553
> ::FFFF:1.2.3.4 (6to4, without optional port)
> ::FFFF:1.2.3.4.5553 (6to4, with optional port 5553)
>
> I find this syntax confusing, non-standard and not-typo-proof.
>
>
> IMHO better choice is to follow BIND forwarders syntax:
> <IP> [port ip_port] (port is string delimited with spaces)
>
> (From: http://www.zytrax.com/books/dns/ch7/queries.html#forwarders)
>
>
> *Current syntax is not documented*, so probably is not used anywhere.
> (And DNS server on non-standard port is probably useful only for testing
> purposes, but it's another story.)
>
>
> What is you opinion?
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