Bruce Cran wrote: > On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 08:01:30AM -0300, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > >>Terry Lambert wrote: >> >>> >>>1) Machines do not ship with it enabled by default; a >>> Windows user has about as much probability of doing >>> the necessary work to enable it as they do of making >>> something other than Internet Explorer their default >>> browser. >>> >>>2) You have to go to a command line prompt and issue a >>> cryptic command to enable it at all. >> >>Err, not at all. You go to install/remove additional windows components >>(I do not recall the exact phrasing) and select IPv6. >> >> >>>3) When you enable it, you get a huge scare warning about >>> it being experimental. >> >>I didn't. :-) And the bastard stopped doing A queries. :-) > > > That'll be because, according to > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/techinfo/administration/ipv6/default.asp > there's no support in Windows XP's IPv6 stack for DNS. I wonder about their definition of "support". There *were* queries being made, but only AAAA. It never asked for A, even when IPv6 was disabled in (but added to) the interface. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) Gerencia de Operacoes Divisao de Comunicacao de Dados Coordenacao de Seguranca VIVO Centro Oeste Norte Fones: 55-61-313-7654/Cel: 55-61-9618-0904 E-mail: Daniel.Capo_at_tco.net.br Daniel.Sobral_at_tcoip.com.br dcs_at_tcoip.com.br Outros: dcs_at_newsguy.com dcs_at_freebsd.org capo_at_notorious.bsdconspiracy.net Westheimer's Discovery: A couple of months in the laboratory can frequently save a couple of hours in the library.Received on Fri Aug 08 2003 - 05:05:10 UTC
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