[SPAM] Re: IPv6 and compact tracker response

--- In [email protected], Justin Cormack <justin@s...> wrote:
> 
> If a peer connects on ipv4 it means (modulo buggy dns or explicit use of
> ipv4 IP address) that either the tracker or the peer doesnt have an ipv6
> address, so there wont be any point returning ipv6 clients.
> 
> If a peer connects on ipv6, the situation is less clear, but it
might not
> have an ipv4 address, so be unable to connect to ipv4 clients.
> 
> So the best result is only to return results in the same address family.
> 
> (A client can get around this if it really wants).
> 
> j
> 
> 

I've applied the "send peer addresses belonging to the same address
family as the client connection" tracker policy to the old snark
(http://klomp.org/snark/) client - the modified version, with GUI too,
is here if anyone wants to play with it:
http://www.geocities.com/jaxe02/SnarkGUI/snark.html

Cheers,
LF





 
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