AW: [IRCServices] ircservices and support for/of IPv6

[Yusuf Iskenderoglu]

The answer to this question is simple.
Services could have had used char arrays of fixed sizes to store
hostnames, which could be too small for ipv6 addresses.

Look at the definition of HOSTIPLEN in several ircds, those,
which support IPv6 have HOSTIPLEn=53, those who do not have it set
to 15.

Regards;
yusuf

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> Von: ircservices-bounces at ircservices.za.net 
> [mailto:ircservices-bounces at ircservices.za.net] Im Auftrag 
> von Ian R. Justman
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 11. März 2003 09:41
> An: IRC Services General Mailing List
> Betreff: Re: [IRCServices] ircservices and support for/of IPv6
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Holger Baust wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > Is there any support for IPv6 adresses in actual Versions of 
> > ircservices?
> > 
> > We do not need support for binding on IPv6 sockets, but support of 
> > IPv6 Adresses in the database would be nice and very helpfull.
> 
> Even though you appear to have your question answered anyway, 
> just my two 
> cents' worth.
> 
> First, forgive if my IPv6 ignorance shows (I have not 
> deployed any IPv6 
> functionality, whether for home, work, or EsperNet; never had 
> the need).
> 
> However, wouldn't the hostname/IP mask essentially be little 
> more than a 
> text field?  I mean, you could have a dotted quad or that 
> funky bit of a 
> coloned mess that an IPv6 address is, as well as, of course, 
> a hostname.
> 
> Mainly because Services does not do any DNS resolution (would 
> slow Services 
> down something fierce; that's what the server's for), the address, 
> regardless of type (name vs. IP) or IPv#, is always going to 
> be a text field.
> 
> Connecting via IPv6 is a different matter entirely. :)
> 
> --Ian R. Justman, Co-Founder and Postmaster, The EsperNet IRC Network.
> 
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> EsperNet business)
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