Re: ipv6
Justin Cormack <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.network.bit-torrent.general |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
> > > >From: Justin Cormack <[email protected]> > > > > > > However, it would be fairly easy to have two returned keys: peers, and > > > peers_ipv6. I think that would solve the internet tracker problem. > > > > I am not sure if you need to, as presumably any ipv6 capable client would > > connect to the tracker by ipv6 if possible, and then could then just be > > fed ipv6 addresses (including compatibility ipv4 addresses for ipv4 hosts), > > while anyone making an ipv4 connection presumably cant cope with ipv6 > > addresses. But I need to test this. Will look at what the code does. > > This is not a certainty. Currently IPv6-only hosts are pretty well > non-existant, but assuming an IPv6 host can also handle IPv4 is even > more broken than ignoring IPv6. I meant the ipv4 mappings to ipv6 addresses, so you always get an ipv6 address, even for a v4 host. Surely these always work? > I dislike using two keys, but that might be the only way to handle it. I think some testing is the only way to find out... Justin Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BitTorrent/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/