Software Defined & Intent Based Networking
Terms describe the translation of an DNS A record for IPv4 into a AAAA record for IPv6 – DNS46.
And DNS64 is translation of the IPv6 AAAA record into the IPv4 A record.
So, DNS46 will be used for accessing websites on the Internet that are IPv6 only and where your internal systems IPv4 only. Conversely, DNS64 is used for hosts that are IPv6 only to access legacy IPv4 services.
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“Conversely, DNS64 is likely to be used for hosts that are IPv_6_ only to access legacy IPv4 services”? 🙂
Thanks. And Fixed. Nice catch.
I think you have them the wrong way round in the first half of the post 🙂
DNS64 translates A to AAAA so that IPv6 only hosts can reach IPv4 only resources through a NAT64 translator.
DNS46 would convert AAAA to A.
I agree with John. Can we get some clarification before confusion sets in, I stumbled across this post when googling for the difference between DNS64 and DNS46.