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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.

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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

How the community answered

(25 responses)
  • A
    92% (23)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    4% (1)

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.

AAAAACorrect

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.

BIPv6

IPv6 is the network protocol version, not a DNS resource record type.

CBzip2

Bzip2 is a data compression algorithm and has no relation to DNS record types.

DHOST

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

Topics

#AAAA record#DNS#IPv6#name resolution

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