Re: "DNS-4to6 automatic mapping" - No more DNS-ALGs & 6then4 DNSqueries

[todd@fries.net]

Why does an app have to explicitly ask for AAAA queries?

Why can I not write apps that expect that getaddrinfo() when passed a hint
of AF_UNSPEC .. will return all addresses, v6 or v4?
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Todd Fries .. todd@fries.net

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Penned by Gert Doering on 20071129 19:48.14, we have:
| Hi,
| 
| On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 12:28:33PM -0600, todd@fries.net wrote:
| > I know exactly what you said.
| > 
| > The use is, if I have some app that is generating reports or doing things
| > other than connecting to IPv6 addresses where returning IPv6 addresses
| > would be useful.
| 
| There is a difference between an app querying *for IPv6 addresses* and
| an app querying "give me something to connect to".  Please try to get that
| into your head.
| 
| Nobody is trying to refuse an app's explicit AAAA queries.
| 
| Gert Doering
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