Net::DNS::RR::AAAA(3pm)

Net::DNS::RR::AAAA3pm

Dns aaaa resource record

Usage

        use Net::DNS;
        $rr = Net::DNS::RR->new('name IN AAAA address');
        $rr = Net::DNS::RR->new(
                        name    => 'example.com',
                        type    => 'AAAA',
                        address => '2001:DB8::8:800:200C:417A'
                        );

Overview

Class for DNS IPv6 Address (AAAA) resource records.

Methods

The available methods are those inherited from the base class augmented by the type-specific methods defined in this package.

Use of undocumented package features or direct access to internal data structures is discouraged and could result in program termination or other unpredictable behaviour.

address

        $IPv6_address = $rr->address;

Returns the text representation of the IPv6 address.

address_long

        $IPv6_address = $rr->address_long;

Returns the text representation specified in RFC3513, 2.2(1).

address_short

        $IPv6_address = $rr->address_short;

Returns the textual form of address recommended by RFC5952.

Releases

15 releases since Debian 2.1 (Slink); the text changed 14 times.

  1. 2.1
  2. 2.2
  3. 3.0
  4. 3.1
  5. 4.0
  6. 5.0
  7. 6.0
  8. 7
  9. 8
  10. 9
  11. 10
  12. 11
  13. 12
  14. 13
  15. Arch

License

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the original copyright notices appear in all copies and that both copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the name of the author not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific prior written permission.

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From perl-net-dns 1.57-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.