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The discriminator between IPv4 & IPv6 is the best scope match, with ties going to IPv6. Also, the IE in XP does not understand the [::1] form, only the W2k preview. Tony > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Anssi Porttikivi > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 4:33 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: newbie question > > > Is there any documentation of XP IP6 anywhere? Which included software > besides the TCP/IP stack is able to open IP6 sockets? > > I've been told these can: > > - IE > - ftp text mode client > - ping6, tracert6, 6to4cfg? > > They all can process IP6 textual addresses and resolve DNS > names to IP6 > also, which I guess usually goes together with being able to open IP6 > sockets. IE also can open IP6 numeric URLs in the form of > http://[::1]/ > > Can you configure the address selection criteria of XP in any way? If > DNS returns both an IP4 and IP6 address, which is the > application using? > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List > IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng > FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng > Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
