[Bug 1909802] [NEW] Should build ninfod to support IPv6 Node Information requests

[TJ]

Public bug reported:

iputils-ping includes ping6 which can send Node Information requests,
e.g:

ping6 -N name ipv6:addr::ess

but there is no system daemon to listen and respond.

iputils package contains ninfod which performs that function but it
isn't built or packaged.

For IPv6 networks Node Information is a valuable service in that it
allows nodes to enhance ND/NA by providing their FQDN (Name query) and
list of addresses (Addresses query).

See:

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4620.html#section-6

** Affects: iputils (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Should build ninfod to support IPv6 Node Information requests

Status in iputils package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  iputils-ping includes ping6 which can send Node Information requests,
  e.g:

  ping6 -N name ipv6:addr::ess

  but there is no system daemon to listen and respond.

  iputils package contains ninfod which performs that function but it
  isn't built or packaged.

  For IPv6 networks Node Information is a valuable service in that it
  allows nodes to enhance ND/NA by providing their FQDN (Name query) and
  list of addresses (Addresses query).

  See:

  https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4620.html#section-6

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