bind/sctp_bindx API - binding to all IPv4 and IPv6 addresses

From: David Lehmann <lehmann@ulticom.com>
Date: Mon Feb 07 2005 - 14:09:11 EST

('binary' encoding is not supported, stored as-is) ('binary' encoding is not supported, stored as-is) Hello,

In the SCTP API draft, section 4.1.2, it states:
    If addr is specified as a wildcard (INADDR_ANY for an IPv4 address,
    or as IN6ADDR_ANY_INIT or in6addr_any for an IPv6 address), the
    operating system will associate the endpoint with an optimal address
    set of the available interfaces.

If an app passes the AF_INET6 wildcard address to bind() with a PF_INET6
socket, does it bind to all IPv4 _and_ IPv6 addresses since an PF_INET6
socket "can use both IPv6 and IPv4 addresses"?

If not, how does an app bind to all IPv6 and IPv4 addresses?

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Received on Mon Feb 7 14:35:06 2005