problem with DNS lookups on non-IPv4-only-mode?

[Ben Lindstrom]

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004, Kendell Welch wrote:

> Hi,
>
> >
> > Actually it will only help for servers that are IPv4-only - and on those,
> > you can just run "sshd -4".
> >
>
> Wouldn't it make more sense to offer a "sshd -6" option that people
> desiring IPv6 functionlity should enable?  I understand that some or all
> of you may use IPv6 on your networks, but the vast majority of the
> Internet community does not...it seems to me that the exception should be
> IPv6, not IPv4.
>

Both sshd and ssh supports -4/-6 to force it into one or the other mode.

- Ben