Re: Going dual-stack, how do apps behave and what to do as an operator (Was: Apple Airport Extreme IPv6 problems?)

["Martin Hannigan" <hannigan () gmail com>]

On 9/21/07, Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews () isc org> wrote:
> In article <2d106eb50709202254q6f4ea4b7v6beda6deee5f7143 () mail gmail com> you write:
> > On 9/15/07, Jeroen Massar <jeroen () unfix org> wrote:
> > > [spam: Check http://www.sixxs.net/misc/toys/ for an IPv6 Toy Gallery :)]
> > >
> > > Somewhat long, hopefully useful content follows...
> > >
> > > Barrett Lyon wrote:
> > > [..]
> >
> > [ clip ]
> >
> > > Of course when there is only a A or AAAA only that protocol will be
> > > used. All applications are supposed to use getaddrinfo() which sorts
> > > these addresses per the above specification, the app should then
> > > connect() to them in order, fail/timeout and try the next one till it
> >
> > Since when is a timeout on the Internet ok?  Haven't we moved beyond
> > that?
>
>         You mean to say you get 100% connectivity with IPv4?

I mean to say that I don't willingly set out to deliver < 100%.