AAAA-Record (EN)

Concept

DNS record type for mapping a domain name to an IPv6 address

Architecture

flowchart LR   A[User] --> B[DNS Resolver]   B --> C[DNS Server]   C --> D[AAAA-Record]   D --> E[IPv6 Address]   E --> F[IPv6-capable Server]

In Context

  • Typically used together with A-Records to provide both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
  • Related to: A-Record, DNS, IPv6, Domain Name System
  • Example usage: example.com AAAA 2001:db8::1
Quelle: AI Generated