How Ready is DNS for an IPv6-Only World?

Florian Streibelt; Patrick Sattler; Franziska Lichtblau; Carlos H. Gañán; Anja Feldmann; Oliver Gasser; Tobias Fiebig

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-28486-1_22

How Ready is DNS for an IPv6-Only World?

Florian Streibelt, Patrick Sattler, Franziska Lichtblau, Carlos H. Gañán, Anja Feldmann, Oliver Gasser, Tobias Fiebig^*

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Abstract

DNS is one of the core building blocks of the Internet. In this paper, we investigate DNS resolution in a strict IPv6-only scenario and find that a substantial fraction of zones cannot be resolved. We point out, that the presence of an AAAA resource record for a zone’s nameserver does not necessarily imply that it is resolvable in an IPv6-only environment since the full DNS delegation chain must resolve via IPv6 as well. Hence, in an IPv6-only setting zones may experience an effect similar to what is commonly referred to as lame delegation. Our longitudinal study shows that the continuing centralization of the Internet has a large impact on IPv6 readiness, i.e., a small number of large DNS providers has, and still can, influence IPv6 readiness for a large number of zones. A single operator that enabled IPv6 DNS resolution–by adding IPv6 glue records–was responsible for around 20.3% of all zones in our dataset not resolving over IPv6 until January 2017. Even today, 10% of DNS operators are responsible for more than 97.5% of all zones that do not resolve using IPv6.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Passive and Active Measurement - 24th International Conference, PAM 2023, Proceedings
Editors	Anna Brunstrom, Marcel Flores, Marco Fiore
Publisher	Springer
Pages	525-549
Number of pages	25
ISBN (Print)	9783031284854
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28486-1_22
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	24th International Conference on Passive and Active Measurement, PAM 2023 - Virtual, Online Duration: 21 Mar 2023 → 23 Mar 2023

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	13882 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	24th International Conference on Passive and Active Measurement, PAM 2023
City	Virtual, Online
Period	21/03/23 → 23/03/23

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Streibelt, F., Sattler, P., Lichtblau, F., Gañán, C. H., Feldmann, A., Gasser, O., & Fiebig, T. (2023). How Ready is DNS for an IPv6-Only World? In A. Brunstrom, M. Flores, & M. Fiore (Eds.), Passive and Active Measurement - 24th International Conference, PAM 2023, Proceedings (pp. 525-549). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 13882 LNCS). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28486-1_22

Streibelt, Florian ; Sattler, Patrick ; Lichtblau, Franziska et al. / How Ready is DNS for an IPv6-Only World?. Passive and Active Measurement - 24th International Conference, PAM 2023, Proceedings. editor / Anna Brunstrom ; Marcel Flores ; Marco Fiore. Springer, 2023. pp. 525-549 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Streibelt, F, Sattler, P, Lichtblau, F, Gañán, CH, Feldmann, A, Gasser, O & Fiebig, T 2023, How Ready is DNS for an IPv6-Only World? in A Brunstrom, M Flores & M Fiore (eds), Passive and Active Measurement - 24th International Conference, PAM 2023, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 13882 LNCS, Springer, pp. 525-549, 24th International Conference on Passive and Active Measurement, PAM 2023, Virtual, Online, 21/03/23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28486-1_22

How Ready is DNS for an IPv6-Only World? / Streibelt, Florian; Sattler, Patrick; Lichtblau, Franziska et al.
Passive and Active Measurement - 24th International Conference, PAM 2023, Proceedings. ed. / Anna Brunstrom; Marcel Flores; Marco Fiore. Springer, 2023. p. 525-549 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 13882 LNCS).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceedings/Edited volume › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review