[Unbound-users] Filter AAAA records in unbound

W.C.A. Wijngaards wouter at nlnetlabs.nl
Mon May 7 08:45:23 UTC 2012


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Hi Kostas,

On 05/04/2012 03:49 PM, Kostas Zorbadelos wrote:
> 
> Greetings to all,
> 
> I am a newcomer to unbound. We will evaluate unbound as an
> alternative to BIND for a new anycasted caching resolver setup. One
> thing we will need in practice (and many others might need as
> well) is the possibility to remove all AAAA records in replies for
> various IPv6 brokeness cases in our networks. BIND provides the
> feature filter-aaaa-on-v4 in recent versions (post 9.7) if
> compiled accordingly. I can understand that this should not be
> considered a permanent solution to the brokeness issues, just a
> quick workaround (hopefully with a short life-span).
> 
> In the bug case
> 
> https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs-script/show_bug.cgi?format=multiple&id=356
>
>  which seems close but not quite the filter-aaaa-on-v4 BIND 
> functionality, the STATUS is marked RESOLVED LATER. What do the
> developers think about introducing a filter-aaaa feature, similar
> to BIND's, especially with the v6 launch day approaching?

The IPv6 launch day has goals to enable IPv6 connectivity.  With
working IPv6, this option is not needed.

If the option is necessary, given IPv6 adoption and its surrounding
issues, then we could consider implementing the option.

Best regards,
   Wouter
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