On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 06:53:43PM +1000, Jason White wrote: > Package: netselect > Version: 0.3.ds1-12.1 > Severity: normal > > As of version 0.3.ds1-12 > jdc:~# netselect ftp.ipv6.debian.org > netselect: unknown host ftp.ipv6.debian.org > > ja...@jdc:~$ host ftp.ipv6.debian.org > ftp.ipv6.debian.org has IPv6 address 2001:708:310:54::99 > ftp.ipv6.debian.org has IPv6 address 2001:b68:e212::3 > > For hosts that have both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in DNS, netselect appears to > use the IPv4 address, which is misleading because most applications will make > the connection over IPv6 and thus the calculated score turns out to be wrong, > assuming (realistically for anyone with an IPv6 over IPv4 tunnel) that the > ping times between the two protocols are different due to different paths > being taken in each case.
correct, I've had a look at adding ipv6 support but looks like a big rework at least for the icmp handling. Unfortunately I have no time nor interest to do this at least right now, to anyone who's interested for a start I would suggest: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3542 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3493 filippo -- Filippo Giunchedi - http://esaurito.net - 0x6B79D401 Networking -- only one letter away from not working -- Unknown -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
