Re: [HACKERS] Linux.conf.au 2003 Report

From: Curt Sampson <cjs(at)cynic(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Steve Crawford <scrawford(at)pinpointresearch(dot)com>, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Linux.conf.au 2003 Report
Date: 2003-01-31 01:58:48
Message-ID: Pine.NEB.4.51.0301311057390.5220@angelic.cynic.net
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On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Tom Lane wrote:

> I don't know anything
> about v6, but I'd imagine v4 addresses form a defined subset of the v6
> address space ...

No, they do not. The address spaces are completely independent. (There
is a "compatability space" for IPv4 addresses, but it turned out to be
impractical, and thus is generally not used. Certainly you cannot route
to arbitrary v4 hosts using a v6 address.)

cjs
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