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Re:Internet Draft: Let 'localhost' be localhost by fulafel on Monday August 07, 2017 @11:52PM (#14954040)
Or use a single socket for both protocols (set the IPV6_V6ONLY socket option to false).
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Re:Internet Draft: Let 'localhost' be localhost by p1mrx on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @02:50AM (#14955134)
That works when binding to :: (all interfaces), but it's irrelevant when binding to "localhost", because you can only bind one address per socket.
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Re:Internet Draft: Let 'localhost' be localhost by fulafel on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @12:10AM (#14965481)
Yes, I thought it worked for ::1 too but you're right.
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