Hi,

>>>>> On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 09:04:12 -0700
>>>>> Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com> said:

matt> with DECnet/OSI which had 20-byte addresses.  So I don't see
matt> the problem with adding IPv6.  You just need a INET6CONN and
matt> some C code. :)

No, the multi protocol model of X makes an IPv6 implementation hard.
If you rely on an IPv4-mapped IPv6 address, it is relatively easy.
But, having INETCONN and INET6CONN then choosing an IPv6 or an IPv4 by
DNS query is hard to implement.

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