In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (at Sun, 31 Dec 2000 13:13:43 +0100 (CET)),
Jeroen Massar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> says:
> Though on most UNIX'es (using KAME at least) listening on IPv6 will
> also listen on IPv4, On FreeBSD:
> 8<----
> tcp46 0 0 *.domain *.* LISTEN
> ------>8
On freebsd3 and later. freebsd2 behaves differently.
> * This version also checks for addresses that are actually IPv4.
> * eg. ::ffff:10:100:13:66 or 0:0:0:0:0:ffff:10.100.13.66 is actualy the
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ::ffff:10.100.13.66
> * the IPv6 notation for 10.100.13.66 in IPv4.
> This info is also needed when one needs to due reverse lookups because
> IPv4 reverse's are in the "in-addr.arpa" domain and the IPv6 reverses are
> in the "ip6.int" domain, noting that the ::ffff range isn't reverse mapped
> into the in-addr.arpa part...
getnameinfo() (and gethostbyaddr()) do this automatically.
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