From ed0874085976531bda8a05540b0816e8bf711b71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ulrich Drepper Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 17:56:51 -0700 Subject: Document problem with NATs in getaddrinfo. --- posix/gai.conf | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'posix') diff --git a/posix/gai.conf b/posix/gai.conf index 3dba1a905d..195287e1c8 100644 --- a/posix/gai.conf +++ b/posix/gai.conf @@ -66,3 +66,12 @@ #scopev4 ::ffff:172.16.0.0/108 5 #scopev4 ::ffff:192.168.0.0/112 5 #scopev4 ::ffff:0.0.0.0/96 14 +# +# For sites which use site-local IPv4 addresses behind NAT there is +# the problem that even if IPv4 addresses are preferred they do not +# have the same scope and are therefore not sorted first. To change +# this use only these rules: +# +#scopev4 ::ffff:169.254.0.0/112 2 +#scopev4 ::ffff:127.0.0.0/104 2 +#scopev4 ::ffff:0.0.0.0/96 14 -- cgit v1.2.1