mozilla converts IPv4 address to IPv4 mapped IPv6 address internally
and connects to it on AF_INET6 socket.

itojun (member of KAME project(http://www.kame.net/), and core member
of NetBSD) suggested me not to use mapped address because of security
issues.

http://www.iijlab.net/i-d/draft-itojun-ipv6-transition-abuse-01.txt

Does mozilla use mapped address forever?
Or are there any plans to stop using mapped address?

BTW, WinXP supports IPv6, but does not support IPv4 mapped IPv6 address.
(http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/techinfo/administration/ipv6/default.asp)
Does this mean IPv6 enabled mozilla (and NS6 )doesn't work on WindowsXP?

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