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| author | Cliff Woolley <jwoolley@apache.org> | 2003-09-28 16:23:47 +0000 |
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| committer | Cliff Woolley <jwoolley@apache.org> | 2003-09-28 16:23:47 +0000 |
| commit | e0654956be075d65de26a0967dbd31222ab9a2ee (patch) | |
| tree | 4cdb439d85ea914848ec201d6e01dd99b9362f08 /docs/manual/bind.xml | |
| parent | c3a2f4494c35ee243fc3cc5dbc6b39556d7196d3 (diff) | |
| download | httpd-e0654956be075d65de26a0967dbd31222ab9a2ee.tar.gz | |
There is no longer any need for different Listen directives to
use mapped/non-mapped addresses. Also cleared up that not all
platforms support v6-only sockets.
Submitted by: Colm MacCarthaigh <colm@stdlib.net>
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@101336 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/manual/bind.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/bind.xml | 40 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/bind.xml b/docs/manual/bind.xml index efd9dedf09..020ae696e8 100644 --- a/docs/manual/bind.xml +++ b/docs/manual/bind.xml @@ -89,18 +89,14 @@ platforms. But even on systems where it is disallowed by default, a special configure parameter can change this behavior for Apache.</p> - <p>If you want Apache to handle IPv4 and IPv6 connections with a - minimum of sockets, which requires using IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses, - specify the <code>--enable-v4-mapped</code> configure option and use - generic Listen directives like the following:</p> - - <example> - Listen 80 - </example> - - <p>With <code>--enable-v4-mapped</code>, the Listen directives in the - default configuration file created by Apache will use this form. - <code>--enable-v4-mapped</code> is the default on all platforms but + <p>On the other hand, on some platforms such as Linux and Tru64 the + <strong>only</strong> way to handle both IPv6 and IPv4 is to use + mapped addresses. If you want Apache to handle IPv4 and IPv6 connections + with a minimum of sockets, which requires using IPv4-mapped IPv6 + addresses, specify the <code>--enable-v4-mapped</code> configure + option.</p> + + <p><code>--enable-v4-mapped</code> is the default on all platforms but FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD, so this is probably how your Apache was built.</p> @@ -113,21 +109,11 @@ Listen 192.170.2.1:80 </example> - <p>If you want Apache to handle IPv4 and IPv6 connections on separate - sockets (i.e., to disable IPv4-mapped addresses), specify the - <code>--disable-v4-mapped</code> configure option and use specific Listen - directives like the following:</p> - - <example> - Listen [::]:80<br /> - Listen 0.0.0.0:80 - </example> - - <p>With <code>--disable-v4-mapped</code>, the Listen directives in the - default configuration file created by Apache will use this form. - <code>--disable-v4-mapped</code> is the default on FreeBSD, NetBSD, and - OpenBSD.</p> - + <p>If your platform supports it and you want Apache to handle IPv4 and + IPv6 connections on separate sockets (i.e., to disable IPv4-mapped + addresses), specify the <code>--disable-v4-mapped</code> configure + option. <code>--disable-v4-mapped</code> is the default on FreeBSD, + NetBSD, and OpenBSD.</p> </section> <section id="virtualhost"> |