Dave Thaler wrote:
> I read and I agree with the document except for Appendix A.
> 
> For one, I disagree that v4 mapped addresses are not recommended.
> They're commonly used for sockets that support both IPv4 and IPv6.

I would agree with Dave.  If you ssh to any recent Linux system over IPv4 you'll
see a mapped address since sshd only opens an IPv6 socket:

# netstat -an | grep 22
tcp6       0      0 :::22                   :::*                    LISTEN
tcp6       0      0 ::ffff:10.202.1.26:22   ::ffff:10.0.0.39:49571  ESTABLISHED

Some OSes hide the ::ffff:, some don't, but it's not a security or portability
issue.

-Brian
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