On Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:41:36 +0100, Marc Balmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
the unspecified address is 0.0.0.0 for IPv4 and :: for IPv6. '*'
is ambigous and it makes no sense to assume '0.0.0.0' and '::' if
a user specifies '*'. This could lead to security problems if
someone would not be aware that this uses both address families.
I am strongly in favour of a notation that makes it totally clear
wich address family is meant.
I intuitivly feel that * means IPv4 and IPv6, although I agree on
the security problem issue.
so either people live with the fact that *:port becomes 0.0.0.0:port
for the IPv4 case and ::port for the IPv6 case
How about ditching support for * and just support 0.0.0.0:port and
::port?
Anyone who agrees on this?
No way people can mess that up right?
The config change is trivial, small and painless and can be well
documented.
In case someone else agrees with me, would the change I proposed
also be trivial?
Regards
/ Linus
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