[anti-abuse-wg] Reverse DNS delegations

On Sat 06/Apr/2024 17:23:27 +0200 Gert Doering wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 06, 2024 at 11:52:45AM +0200, Alessandro Vesely wrote:
>> On Fri 05/Apr/2024 20:19:59 +0200 John Levine wrote:
>>> It appears that Alessandro Vesely <vesely at tana.it> said:
>>>> Why isn't it possible to gain a delegation by proving number assignment?
>>> 
>>> Because your ISP can't be bothered.
>> 
>> Is such unbotherability legitimate?
> 
> There's no law against bad customer service... usually the market will
> eventually fix this (as in "some other ISP will offer IPv6 and proper
> reverse DNS").  For reasons not clear to me, Italian ISPs do take
> their time in rolling out IPv6... so maybe a bit more patience will
> get you there.


That's right.  Big ISPs play big ads, but only serve mass users.  Small ISPs 
exist, but are hard to find and don't properly advertise what services they do.


> (This said, sending mails over IPv6 is a bit of hit and miss anyway,
> with Google inventing new requirements on IPv6 connections that are
> not there for IPv4...)


I'm trying to use IPv6 only when there's no IPv4, but at times a DNS delay can 
make the server make the wrong choice...


Best
Ale
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