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IPv6 address record data
RFC 3596, DNS Extensions to Support IPv6, October 2003
2.1 AAAA record type
The AAAA resource record type is a record specific to the Internet
class that stores a single IPv6 address.
The IANA assigned value of the type is 28 (decimal).
2.2 AAAA data format
A 128 bit IPv6 address is encoded in the data portion of an AAAA
resource record in network byte order (high-order byte first).