> (hmm not really a DNS thing but where else to put it ;)
>
> Hi,
>
> I've noted that on a variety of machines /etc/hosts finally do get
> pre-configured with "::1 ip6-localhost", but should this not be "::1
> localhost", so that any daemon doing getaddrinfo("localhost",...) and
> binding to all the sockets that that produces correctly listens on both
> 127.0.0.1 and ::1 ?
>
> I've grepped my drafts/rfc archives but, except for 4038 which shows a
> "localhost. AAAA ::1 + A 127.0.0.1", I could not find a document
> actually literally stating that "localhost" should both be for IPv6 and
> IPv4. Also I can't seem to find any reference on ip6-localhost.
I suspect someone is worried about a application breaking if
it tries to reach ::1.
Mind you for the general health of the Internet such breakages
should be found sooner rather than later.
> Any ideas?
>
> Greets,
> Jeroen
>
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