On Sat, 19 Oct 2002 17:16:20 -0400
"Kyle C Quest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...]
> > This is wrong direction to go. MOST applications should never care
> > whether the communication is over IPv6 or IPv4 (or whatever
> > IPvX).
> >
> > If a new IPv6 application is written, it should work the same with
> > IPv4 and IPv6. If it does not, then I would consider application
> > (and API) broken.
> >
>
> You bring up a good point... but why then rfc2553bis draft defines
> IPV6_V6ONLY option?
>
>From 2553bis:
An example use of this option is to allow two versions of the same
server process to run on the same port, one providing service over IPv6,
the other providing the same service over IPv4.
So it can be seen as a transition mechanism.
mph
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