#2391: Network.listenOn (PortNumber n) Sometimes Picks IPv6
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Reporter: cjs | Owner: bos
Type: bug | Status: assigned
Priority: normal | Milestone: Not GHC
Component: libraries/network | Version: 6.8.3
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Difficulty: Unknown
Testcase: | Architecture: Multiple
Os: Multiple |
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Comment (by cjs):
Here is a document discussing the security issues with IPv4-mapped
addresses:
ftp://ftp.itojun.org/pub/paper/draft-itojun-v6ops-v4mapped-
harmful-01.txt
I'd say we definitely don't want to have to force people to enable this
just to use Network, which is in the end supposed to make life simpler for
basic networking.
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