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+.TH "FILTER-A" "8" "@RELEASE_DATE@" "@PACKAGE_VERSION@" "BIND 9"
+.SH NAME
+filter-a \- filter A in DNS responses when AAAA is present
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.sp
+\fBplugin query\fP \(dqfilter\-a.so\(dq [{ parameters }];
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.sp
+\fBfilter\-a.so\fP is a query plugin module for \fI\%named\fP, enabling
+\fI\%named\fP to omit some IPv4 addresses when responding to clients.
+.sp
+For example:
+.INDENT 0.0
+.INDENT 3.5
+.sp
+.nf
+.ft C
+plugin query \(dqfilter\-a.so\(dq {
+ filter\-a\-on\-v6 yes;
+ filter\-a\-on\-v4 yes;
+ filter\-a { 192.0.2.1; 2001:db8:2::1; };
+};
+.ft P
+.fi
+.UNINDENT
+.UNINDENT
+.sp
+This module is intended to aid transition from IPv4 to IPv6 by
+withholding IPv4 addresses from DNS clients which are not connected to
+the IPv4 Internet, when the name being looked up has an IPv6 address
+available. Use of this module is not recommended unless absolutely
+necessary.
+.sp
+Note: This mechanism can erroneously cause other servers not to give
+A records to their clients. If a recursing server with both IPv6 and
+IPv4 network connections queries an authoritative server using this
+mechanism via IPv6, it is denied A records even if its client is
+using IPv4.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.INDENT 0.0
+.TP
+.B \fBfilter\-a\fP
+This option specifies a list of client addresses for which A filtering is to
+be applied. The default is \fBany\fP\&.
+.TP
+.B \fBfilter\-a\-on\-v6\fP
+If set to \fByes\fP, this option indicates that the DNS client is at an IPv6 address, in
+\fBfilter\-a\fP\&. If the response does not include DNSSEC
+signatures, then all A records are deleted from the response. This
+filtering applies to all responses, not only authoritative
+ones.
+.sp
+If set to \fBbreak\-dnssec\fP, then A records are deleted even when
+DNSSEC is enabled. As suggested by the name, this causes the response
+to fail to verify, because the DNSSEC protocol is designed to detect
+deletions.
+.sp
+This mechanism can erroneously cause other servers not to give A
+records to their clients. If a recursing server with both IPv6 and IPv4
+network connections queries an authoritative server using this
+mechanism via IPv6, it is denied A records even if its client is
+using IPv4.
+.TP
+.B \fBfilter\-a\-on\-v4\fP
+This option is identical to \fBfilter\-a\-on\-v6\fP, except that it filters A responses
+to queries from IPv4 clients instead of IPv6 clients. To filter all
+responses, set both options to \fByes\fP\&.
+.UNINDENT
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.sp
+BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual.
+.SH AUTHOR
+Internet Systems Consortium
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+2023, Internet Systems Consortium
+.\" Generated by docutils manpage writer.
+.