19.11.2014 15:08, Michal Kubecek wrote: > The reason for AF_INET6 is that a PF_INET6 socket bound to > :: can accept both IPv6 and IPv4 connections (as long as IPV6_V6ONLY is > 0 and the system supports this setting) while a PF_INET socket can only > accept IPv4 connections. Therefore PF_INET6 should be preferred if we > want to listen on "any address" (as long as we can only use one socket).
At first, as you can see from link in previous message, it doesn't work for Windows XP. At second, it is a good idea to use separate sockets on other systems as well to let users bind "any interface" for IPv6 and "localhost only" for IPv4. -- WBR, SD. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
