GSLC · Question #319
Which of the following is a DNS database resource record containing the host DNS name and the IPv6 address?
The correct answer is A. AAAA. The AAAA (quad-A) DNS resource record maps a hostname to a 128-bit IPv6 address, serving the same purpose for IPv6 that the A record serves for IPv4.
Question
Which of the following is a DNS database resource record containing the host DNS name and the IPv6 address?
Options
- AAAAA
- BIPv6
- CBzip2
- DHOST
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Why each option
The AAAA (quad-A) DNS resource record maps a hostname to a 128-bit IPv6 address, serving the same purpose for IPv6 that the A record serves for IPv4.
The AAAA record is the standard DNS resource record type defined in RFC 3596 for storing IPv6 addresses. It maps a fully qualified domain name to a 128-bit IPv6 address, analogous to the A record for 32-bit IPv4. The four-A naming reflects the fact that IPv6 is four times the bit-length of IPv4.
IPv6 is the network protocol version, not a DNS resource record type.
Bzip2 is a data compression algorithm and has no relation to DNS record types.
HOST is not a standard DNS resource record type - the correct record types are A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, etc.
Concept tested: DNS AAAA resource record for IPv6
Source: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3596
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