Question on listen-on & listen-on-v6 option
Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
Sat Jul 28 06:55:49 UTC 2001
>
> Hello All,
>
> I need some clarrification on using listen-on & listen-on-v6 option.
>
> In BIND9, I understand that by specifying listen-on-ipv6 { any; };
> named will listen on all IPv6 and IPv4 interfaces in IPv6
> machine.
>
> Then under this scenario what is the use of specifying the listen-on
> option??
>
> Suppose I have system with four interface two IPv4 (A,B) & 2 IPv6
> (C,D).
>
> By specifying listen-on option by following
>
> options {
> listen-on { A ; };
> listen-on-v6 { any ; };
> };
>
> Will named listen only to the A,C,D interfaces and not B??
>
> Can I ask only interface A to listen on particular port??
>
> To put it short, what is the use of specifying the listen-on
> option
> when the listen-on-ipv6 any option is specified in the named.conf
> file ??
>
> Thanks,
>
> With Regards,
> D.Dhana.
>
>
>
It depends on the OS kernel. The traffic to B may or may not
be delivered to the socket handling the IPv6 queries.
Mark
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