Subject: Re: inetd.conf: only tcp6/udp6 is enough ?
To: None <hubert.feyrer@informatik.fh-regensburg.de>
From: Feico Dillema <dillema@acm.org>
List: tech-net
Date: 04/11/2000 02:00:20
On Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 10:04:48PM +0200, Hubert Feyrer wrote:
> 
> http://docs.sun.com:80/ab2/coll.47.11/SYSADV3/@Ab2PageView/19001?Ab2Lang=C&Ab2Enc=iso-8859-1
> says on inetd.conf:
> 
> ``Because AF_INET6 sockets work with either the IPv4 or IPv6 protocols,
> specifying a proto value of tcp6 (udp6) is sufficient.''
> 
> Is this valid for NetBSD/KAME as well?

Optionally, depending on this sysctl set to zero in -current: net.inet6.ip6.bindv6only 
Default it is set to one meaning AF_INET6 sockets work with IPv6 only.
This violates the standard a bit, but is the more reasonable choice as
following the standard gives more potential interoperability problems.

Feico.