25. A computer program product as recited in claim 24 , the computer program instructions stored within the at least one computer readable product being further configured for: setting a timer to a predefined value after the IPv4 query has been received, wherein the operations of translating the valid IPv6 reply or a one of the “no answer”replies are only performed if the timer has not expired.
25. A computer program product as recited in claim 24 , the computer program instructions stored within the at least one computer readable product being further configured for: setting a timer to a predefined value after the IPv4 query has been received, wherein the operations of translating the valid IPv6 reply or a one of the “no answer”replies are only performed if the timer has not expired. 31. A computer program product as recited in claim 25 , wherein generating the IPv4 reply comprises: when a valid IPv6 reply having an IP6.ARPA string is received in response to either the second IPv6 query having the IP6.ARPA string or the first IPv6 query having the IP6.INT string before the timer has expired, generating the IPv4 reply by translating the valid IPv6 reply having the IP6.ARPA string into the IPv4 reply; when the timer has expired and a valid IPv6 reply having the IP6.ARPA string is not received and a valid IPv6 reply having an IP6.INT string is received before expiration of the timer, generating the IPv4 reply by translating the valid IPv6 reply having the IP6.INT string into the IPv4 reply; when a “no answer” IPv6 reply having an IP6.ARPA string is received in response to the second IPv6 query having the IP6.ARPA string before expiration of the timer and a valid IPv6 reply having an IP6.INT string has not been received in response to the first IPv6 query having the IP6.INT string, generating the IPv4 reply by translating the “no answer” IPv6 reply having the IP6.ARPA string into the IPv4 reply; and when a “no answer” IPv6 reply having an IP6.INT string is received in response to the first IPv6 query having the IP6.before expiration of the timer and a valid or a “no answer” IPv6 reply having an IP6.ARPA string has not been received in response to the second IPv6 query having the IP6.ARPA string, generating the IPv4 reply by translating the “no answer” IPv6 reply having the IP6.INT string into the IPv4 reply.