In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Niels Bakker writes:
> * [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Andrews) [Wed 26 Nov 2008, 03:20 CET]:
> >It's used for both.
>
> Yet from /usr/src/lib/libc/getaddrinfo.c
> ---
> /* Rule 7: Prefer native transport. */
> /* XXX: not implemented yet */
> ---
>
> But it is not used to distinguish between 2001: and 2002: as ::/0 has a
> higher precedence in the default FreeBSD IPv6 address selection policy
> table. Where does FreeBSD and by extension KAME get its strong
> preference for 2001: from? I just can't find the code.
>
> (I'm reviving this old thread because you chose to ignore my mail to you
> but did not fail to reply to a single mail I sent to the list concerning
> this.)
/* Rule 5: Prefer matching label. */
If you have a 2001 address and the destination has a 2001 and 2002
address the 2001 will sort to the top here.
Mark
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