[bug #39710] GRUB DNS code sends combined IPv6 and IPv4 query

[Sebastian Unger]

URL:
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                 Summary: GRUB DNS code sends combined IPv6 and IPv4 query
                 Project: GNU GRUB
            Submitted by: sebunger
            Submitted on: Tue 06 Aug 2013 10:53:38 PM GMT
                Category: Network
                Severity: Major
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Software Error
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 
                 Release: other
         Reproducibility: Every Time
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

AFAIK this is not supported by nameservers due to it resulting in ambiguities
in the protocol. Here are some related links:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4082081/requesting-a-and-aaaa-records-in-single-dns-query

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=860829

I am observing this behaviour with the grub that ships with Ubuntu 13.04
(2.00-13ubuntu3).





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