Support IPv6 DDNS updates through DNS-O-Matic

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rotblitz

April 08, 2016 15:06

In the meantime many of the services supported by DNS-O-Matic also allow for IPv6 DDNS updates, but these cannot take effect through DNS-O-Matic.  This is a feature request to also allow for optional IPv6 updates for the services supporting this.

One point would be to add an IPv6 Address parameter to the update URL for DNS-O-Matic.

If you also want this feature too or want to support the idea, please click the vote button on the right.

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  mattwilson9090 April 08, 2016 21:12

  Do these other services support updating a single IP address, or the entire subnet that a device is from? I could argue for doing it either way, as each has it advantages and disadvantages.

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  rotblitz April 09, 2016 13:16

  An AAAA record can contain only a single IPv6 address, so updating with a subnet doesn't make sense at all for normal dynamic DNS services.  These are for reaching a network (or better a specific device) from outside where only one IPv6 address can be used anyway.  Updating with a subnet would make sense only in case of OpenDNS, and there IPv6 still isn't supported with the dashboard use.

  My specific request / idea here is only related to dynamic DNS services supported by DNS-O-Matic and supporting DDNS updates of AAAA records.

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  mattwilson9090 April 09, 2016 20:34

  Aw, I didn't think it all the way through, in that this would be for registering DNS records, which necessarily need to be to specific addresses. Part of my mind was still in registering IPv6 addresses for use with OpenDNS, which is a completely different thing.

  Regardless, I'd already voted to support it. Who knows, maybe it could be used as a baby step towards supporting full IPv6 support in OpenDNS as well.

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  h0llywood January 31, 2017 16:33

  This would be great for dual-stack ISP.

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  rtfmoz July 30, 2021 22:42 (Edited July 30, 2021 22:45)

  Hey developers! The simple way to implement this support is if the IP address supplied is in IPv6 format then update the AAAA record instead of the A record. This way nothing needs to be change on the DDNS clients they just need to be informed they can supply IPv6 addresses

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