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Less Is More - Why The IPv6 Switch Is Missing

May 25, 2017Dani Grant
Less Is More - Why The IPv6 Switch Is Missing
SummaryAI, from the source post

This post announces the decision to make IPv6 always-on for free domains, removing the toggle and retroactively enabling it for millions of domains. It also details a collaboration with OpenDNS to prototype a new DNS metatype (TYPE65535) that returns both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in a single query, aiming to further accelerate IPv6 adoption and performance by reducing DNS lookup round trips and improving Happy Eyeballs client behavior.

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