Re: Stuff that doesn't work yet in IPv6 patch - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Stuff that doesn't work yet in IPv6 patch
Date
Msg-id 200403092327.i29NRol05525@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Stuff that doesn't work yet in IPv6 patch  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom, do you know how many of these issue are still open?

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Tom Lane wrote:
> The IPv6 patch seems to still be a few bricks shy of a load.  Grepping
> for places that handle AF_INET but not AF_INET6 revealed these
> unimplemented features:
> 
> 1. IDENT authorization.  Fails if either local or remote address is IPv6.
> 
> 2. SSL.  Postmaster allows SSL for AF_INET but not AF_INET6.
> 
> 3. Client address display in backend's ps display seems to be v4 only.
> 
> 4. pgstat code can only bind to 127.0.0.1 (v4 loopback).  On a v6-only
>    machine this would not exist, would it?
> 
>             regards, tom lane
> 
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