Re: IPv4 compatible deprecation? (addr-arch-v4)

["EricLKlein" <ericlklein@softhome.net>]

Stig Venaas wrote:
> I don't think RFC 3493 is a problem. I had a quick look, and all I can
> find is that if getnameinfo() is passed a compatible address, it's
> supposed to extract the IPv4 address and do a lookup on that.
>
> That it describes what should happen when passed a compatible address,
> doesn't prevent deprecating it I think. Don't think it needs to be
> updated.

My concern is what happens when it is passed an RFC1918 site local address
(10..., 127... etc) these should not be passing these on, the look for these
should be hardcoded to not route them. Otherwise we will have many leaks
onto the public network.

Eric


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