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Re: getaddrinfo address ordering [Re: IPv6 transition architecturediscussion]
>>>>> On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 16:38:04 +0900,
>>>>> itojun@iijlab.net said:
>>> leave it to default address selection rule and logic in getaddrinfo(3).
>> I'm not sure how default address selection, at least ones I've seen would
>> help with this.
>> Perhaps they don't implement _destination_ address selection.
> they do. see draft-ietf-ipngwg-default-addr-select-06.txt section 5.
Section 10.3 of draft-ietf-ipv6-default-addr-select-09.txt (this is
the latest draft I believe) may also help. KAME snaps have
getaddrinfo considering the policy table and a tool to modify the
policy table. I guess Windows XP support the feature, too.
Whether we should change the default is, of course, another issue.
JINMEI, Tatuya
Communication Platform Lab.
Corporate R&D Center, Toshiba Corp.
jinmei@isl.rdc.toshiba.co.jp