Greg Copeland wrote:
> > It appears right at the top because creating the socket is the first
> > thing it does. A good question is once we have a way for the user to
> > control IPv4/6, what do we ship as a default? IPv4-only? Both, and if
> > both, do we fail on a kernel that doesn't have IPv6 enabled?
>
> So you're saying that by using the IPv6 address family and you bind to
> an IPv6 address (or even ANY interface), you still get v4 connections on
> the same bind/listen/accept sequence?
>
> I'm asking because I've never done v6 stuff.
Yes, it listens on both. The original author, Nigel, tested in using
both IPv4 and IPv6, and the #ipv6 IRC channel and google postings seem
to indicate that too. What I am not sure how to do is say _only_ IPv4.
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