17. An application traffic manager apparatus comprising memory comprising programmed instructions stored in the memory and one or more processors configured to be capable of executing the programmed instructions stored in the memory to: determine when a DNS request to resolve a hostname comprises a domain name with a value indicating a type of internet protocol version; truncate the internet protocol version value from the DNS request when the domain name and the internet protocol version value is present and prior to querying at least one of a plurality of servers for an internet protocol address associated with the DNS request; receive the internet protocol address from the at least one of a plurality of servers; determine when a format of the received internet protocol address conforms to one or more policies; and perform one or more actions based on the determination of the conformance of the received internet protocol address.
17. An application traffic manager apparatus comprising memory comprising programmed instructions stored in the memory and one or more processors configured to be capable of executing the programmed instructions stored in the memory to: determine when a DNS request to resolve a hostname comprises a domain name with a value indicating a type of internet protocol version; truncate the internet protocol version value from the DNS request when the domain name and the internet protocol version value is present and prior to querying at least one of a plurality of servers for an internet protocol address associated with the DNS request; receive the internet protocol address from the at least one of a plurality of servers; determine when a format of the received internet protocol address conforms to one or more policies; and perform one or more actions based on the determination of the conformance of the received internet protocol address. 18. The device as set forth in claim 17 wherein the one or more processors are further configured to be capable of executing the programmed instructions stored in the memory to select the at least one of the plurality of servers to receive the internet protocol address based on the truncated portion of the domain name with the value indicating type of internet protocol version.