February-March 2002

Reverse DNS
nJust
as with IPv4 the responsibility for maintaining the reverse map can be delegated
through the address hierarchy
nNumber is translated into 4
bit nibbles under the ip6.arpa (ip6.int) TLD.
n2001:0238::a00:46ff:fe06:1460
nmaps to:
n
n
0.6.4.1.6.0.e.f.f.f.6.4.0.0.a.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.8.3.2.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa.