svn commit: r42596 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking

Brad Davis brd at FreeBSD.org
Wed Aug 28 11:05:53 UTC 2013


Author: brd
Date: Wed Aug 28 11:05:53 2013
New Revision: 42596
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/42596

Log:
  - Make the section about using applications with IPv6 a little more generic and move it to the end where it fits better.
  - Add Hurricane Electric as a Tunnel Broker.
  
  Reviewed by:	gavin@, Ken Reed <kreed002 at gmail.com>

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml	Wed Aug 28 10:32:20 2013	(r42595)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml	Wed Aug 28 11:05:53 2013	(r42596)
@@ -5288,6 +5288,12 @@ redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.3:80 80</pro
 	  <para><ulink url="http://www.sixxs.net">SixXS</ulink> offers
 	    tunnels with end-points all around the globe.</para>
 	</listitem>
+	
+	<listitem>
+	  <para><ulink url="http://www.tunnelbroker.net">Hurricane
+	    Electric</ulink> offers tunnels with end-points all around
+	    the globe.</para>
+	</listitem>
 
 	<listitem>
 	  <para>Tunnel via 6-to-4 as described in <ulink
@@ -5303,26 +5309,6 @@ redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.3:80 80</pro
     </sect2>
 
     <sect2>
-      <title><acronym>DNS</acronym> in the <acronym>IPv6</acronym>
-	World</title>
-
-      <para>There used to be two types of <acronym>DNS</acronym>
-	records for <acronym>IPv6</acronym>.  The
-	<acronym>IETF</acronym> has declared <acronym>AAAA</acronym>
-	records as the current standard.</para>
-
-      <para>Using <acronym>AAAA</acronym> records is straightforward.
-	Assign the hostname to the <acronym>IPv6</acronym> address
-	in the primary zone <acronym>DNS</acronym> file:</para>
-
-      <programlisting>MYHOSTNAME           AAAA    MYIPv6ADDR</programlisting>
-
-      <para>Current versions of &man.named.8; and <filename
-	  role="package">dns/djbdns</filename> support
-	<acronym>AAAA</acronym> records.</para>
-    </sect2>
-
-    <sect2>
       <title>Applying the Needed Changes to
 	<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename></title>
 
@@ -5495,6 +5481,23 @@ redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.3:80 80</pro
 	section 3.6 and 3.7 as well as <acronym>RFC</acronym> 4038
 	section 4.2 may be useful to some adminstrators.</para>
     </sect2>
+
+	<sect2>
+	  <title>Application Use of <acronym>IPv6</acronym></title>
+
+	    <para>Currently <acronym>IPv6</acronym> support for many
+	      applications and services is very good, though for some
+	      software it still needs work.  For authoritative
+	      information about the support of
+	      <acronym>IPv6</acronym>, please consult the Official
+	      Documentation for the software in question.</para>
+
+	    <para>Web, <acronym>DNS</acronym> and Mail applications
+	      and servers have the best support for
+	      <acronym>IPv6</acronym> because they are the most common
+	      use case.  Other applications may have varying degrees
+	      of <acronym>IPv6</acronym> support.</para>
+	</sect2>
   </sect1>
 
   <sect1 id="network-atm">


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