[PATCH] add apache IPv6 config options

Jeff Garzik jgarzik at pobox.com
Fri Aug 28 21:28:51 UTC 2009


On 08/28/2009 05:11 PM, Matt Domsch wrote:
> index 5c40c80..bd4480f 100644
> --- a/modules/httpd/files/httpd.conf-rhel5p
> +++ b/modules/httpd/files/httpd.conf-rhel5p
> @@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ MaxRequestsPerChild    10000
>   #
>   Listen 0.0.0.0:80
>   Listen 0.0.0.0:443
> +Listen [::]:80

Two comments:

- wouldn't "*:80" accomplish the same thing as two listen directives? 
Perhaps "*:80" means that Apache binds, on Linux, to the 
slightly-more-efficient ipv6 socket, where ipv4 connections are 
ipv6-mapped (:ffff:10.20.30.40)?

- do you need a listen "[::]:443" also?




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