[ipv6-wg at ripe.net] ICANN Board to implement IPv6 in root servers

On 30-mei-04, at 14:30, Johan Ihren wrote:

>> proceed with adding AAAA glue [name server] records to the
>> delegations  of those TLDs that request it,

>> And what about the root servers themselves?

> Well, what about them?

> Not that I'm particularly against v6 transport to the roots, but I'd
> be curious to know exactly what problem you believe that you would
> solve that way.

Well, what problem does having v6 glue records for tld delegations 
solve?

If the whole chain is IPv6-capable that means you no longer have to 
depend on v4 connectivity to reach v6 sites. Eventually we'll want to 
switch off v4 because of the support costs, of course. But in the mean 
time this means better protection against connectivity problems.