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Re: RPC IPv6 breaks binary compatibility

To: Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk at suse dot de>
Subject: Re: RPC IPv6 breaks binary compatibility
From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at cygnus dot com>
Date: 25 Jan 2000 22:56:39 -0800
Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
References: <20000125213206.A20249@Wotan.suse.de> <m3bt694hnu.fsf@localhost.localnet> <20000126065309.A11691@Wotan.suse.de>
Reply-To: drepper at cygnus dot com (Ulrich Drepper)

Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de> writes:

> Because a RPC server needs to know from which client the request come
> (for access controlling) and which verifier the client 
> uses (AUTH_SYS/AUTH_DES) or the server need special information
> about the client from the verifier field like the UID on the
> remove host ?

This still eaves the question unanswered: how shall such a tight
coupling to IPv4 ever work in a IPv6 environment?

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