From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?Q?Bj=C3=B8rn_Mork?= Subject: Re: socket api problem: can't bind an ipv6 socket to ::ffff:0.0.0.0 Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:51:35 +0100 Message-ID: <87y6v41qi0.fsf@nemi.mork.no> References: <20090316233934.GD32111@codeblau.de> <49BF0A5A.2040501@hp.com> <49BF0F4D.7000409@cosmosbay.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:59135 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753177AbZCQIvs (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:51:48 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LjV1W-0007yF-Ht for netdev@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:51:46 +0000 Received: from 193.160.199.2 ([193.160.199.2]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:51:46 +0000 Received: from bjorn by 193.160.199.2 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:51:46 +0000 Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Eric Dumazet writes: > RFC 2373 states : I fully agree with your interpretation... =2E.., but just FYI, RFC 2373 was obsoleted by RFC 3513 which in turn w= as obsoleted by RFC 4291. Among the important changes was the deprecation of the first address class you quote (the ::a.b.c.d addresses). This doesn't affect the question though. Bj=C3=B8rn