Re: [squid-users] When ipv6 dns fails

From: Amos Jeffries <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 16:50:07 +1200

On 28/08/2013 1:41 a.m., Michael Graham wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> It's been a while since anyone asked this on the list so I thought I'd
> ask again.
>
> What it the recommended steps if a site's AAAA is completely broken? For
> example ondemand5.com fails as SERVFAIL after 2-4 secs.
>
> Disabling ipv6 in proc isn't enough to stop squid doing the AAAA lookup
> and it looks like I will need to pass ipv6.disable=1 to the kernel on
> startup to stop the lookup.
>
> The other option is that I can contact the admin for this dns server and
> tell them that there dns server is broken.
>
> What other options do I have for handling sites that have broken AAAA
> records?

What problem is it causing you exactly? Squid getting a SERVFAIL means
it goes on and uses the IPv4 addresses instead.

NP: It is worth noting that this SERVFAIL happens on *less* IPv6-enabled
sites overall than on IPv4-enabled ones. About 0.01% of IPv6 sites last
time it was measured by APNIC researchers, and things have been steadily
improving. Disabling access to IPv6 networks *entirely* for all your
customers is a bit of overkill for that type of error rate.

Amos
Received on Wed Aug 28 2013 - 04:50:15 MDT

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