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Re: (web server) serving on both ipv6 and ipv4?
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Greg Troxel |
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Re: (web server) serving on both ipv6 and ipv4? |
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Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:27:00 -0500 |
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Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> writes:
> Maybe the IPV6_V6ONLY (see the ipv6(7) man page) is relevant here.
> Alternatively, you could run two servers in parallel: one bound to an
> IPv4 address and another bound to an IPv6 address.
My feeling is that IPV6_ONLY is best avoided, for portability, and
because mapped addresses (an IPv6 address with the v4 address embedded)
are awkward. So I think it's best to listen on v4 and v6 separately.
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