From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2003-01-28T09:04:52+09:00
Subject: Re: TCPServer only binding to INET6 interfaces?


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Jason DiCioccio (geniusj@bluenugget.net) wrote:

> --On Thursday, January 23, 2003 15:58 +0900 Eric Hodel=20
> <drbrain@segment7.net> wrote:
>=20
> >You no doubt have sysctl net.inet6.ip6.v6only =3D 1
> >
> >BEWARE THE SECURITY CONSEQUENCES OF CHANGING THIS TO 0
> >
> >By changing it to '0', you will be able to listen on both tcp4 and tcp6
>=20
> That'd do it..  So there's no INADDR_ANY for IPv4 unless you compile=20
> without INET6 then I'm guessing?

The correct solution is to listen on multiple socket types

TCPServer.new('127.0.0.1', my_port)
TCPServer.new('::1', my_port)

WEBrick works this way, and it far more secure than setting that sysctl
:)

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