>From: Erik Nordmark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> >Deprecate IPV6_V6ONLY, add IPV6_ACCEPTV4MAPPED option
>> >
>> > Then the IPv6 sockets would have to be explicitly
>> > allowed to accept IPv4 connections. So the programs
>> > that use the IPv6 centric way have to be modified a
>> > bit, but the buggy implementations and the unworkable
>> > one could be corrected without losing features. Just
>> > making IPV6_V6ONLY default to on would have the same
>> > results.
>>
>> I really love to see this happen (polarity change is enough).
>> also, if IPv4 mapped address support becomes optional
>> (explicitly) to OS implementers it would be much better.
>
>In hindsight I agree that the default should have been
>different - forcing applications to explicitly request use of
>IPv4-mapped addresses on AF_INET6 sockets. But I suspect that
>folks have different opinions on the cost of changing the
>default at this point in time :-(
I have absolutely no problem with changing the default at this time. As
several other posters have suggested, I think this would be a really
good thing to do.
--Brian
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