[openssl-dev] [openssl.org #3717] Patch for IPv6 support in s_client/s_server

[Quanah Gibson-Mount via RT]

--On Tuesday, March 24, 2015 9:29 PM +0000 "Short, Todd" 
<tshort at akamai.com> wrote:

> I was unaware of 2501. But that's fine by me… however, why hasn't
> 2051 been applied to the code?

People have been asking this question for years.

https://lwn.net/Articles/486369/

<http://openssl.6102.n7.nabble.com/Openssl-IPv6-Support-td54588.html>

Here's an even *older* RT from 2006: 
<http://rt.openssl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=1365&user=guest&pass=guest>

There's never been any sort of real substantive answer as to why getting 
IPv6 support in has taken almost a decade, when people have constantly 
supplied patches for it.  Supposedly it was going to go into 1.0.2.


--Quanah

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Quanah Gibson-Mount
Platform Architect
Zimbra, Inc.
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