Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 21:43:18 -0500 From: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IPv6 Message-ID: <199801250243.VAA13479@tecumseh.altavista-software.com> In-Reply-To: <199801250011.RAA12627@usr04.primenet.com> References: <xzp3eiexiy8.fsf@gjallarhorn.ifi.uio.no>
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At 07:11 PM 1/24/98 , Terry Lambert wrote: >> Also, much of /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin and /usr/sbin will break when IPv6 >> finally hits the street, because of assumptions such as IP addresses >> being four bytes long, etc. Making this software indifferent to the >> particular IP version they run on would give FreeBSD a serious >> advantage on "the day when the Internet switches to IPv6". >> >> Remember that very soon, IPv6 will no longer be science-fiction or >> just a nifty toy, but a necessity. We are this >< close to exhausting >> the current 32-bit address space... > >Is there a seperate address family for this? Yes. AF_INET6/PF_INET6. There is one RFC and one draft RFC regarding the socket APIs to IPv6. -- Matt Thomas Internet: matt@3am-software.com 3am Software Foundry WWW URL: http://www.3am-software.com/bio/matt/ Nashua, NH Disclaimer: I disavow all knowledge of this message
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