From 1a0eecfe694275dfadccc6074aaa4340845cc85d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Evan Hunt Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 23:35:28 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 2700. [doc] The match-mapped-addresses option is discouraged. [RT #12252] --- CHANGES | 3 +++ doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml | 18 ++++++++++-------- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES index 2bdd290d02..958313aa2a 100644 --- a/CHANGES +++ b/CHANGES @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@ +2700. [doc] The match-mapped-addresses option is discouraged. + [RT #12252] + 2699. [bug] Missing lock in rbtdb.c. [RT #20037] 2698. [placeholder] diff --git a/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml b/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml index 1e55d84b1f..7cc9de752e 100644 --- a/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml +++ b/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ - PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. --> - + BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual @@ -6176,13 +6176,15 @@ options { If yes, then an IPv4-mapped IPv6 address will match any address match list entries that match the corresponding IPv4 address. - Enabling this option is sometimes useful on IPv6-enabled - Linux - systems, to work around a kernel quirk that causes IPv4 - TCP connections such as zone transfers to be accepted - on an IPv6 socket using mapped addresses, causing - address match lists designed for IPv4 to fail to match. - The use of this option for any other purpose is discouraged. + + + This option was introduced to work around a kernel quirk + in some operating systems that causes IPv4 TCP + connections, such as zone transfers, to be accepted on an + IPv6 socket using mapped addresses. This caused address + match lists designed for IPv4 to fail to match. However, + named now solves this problem + internally. The use of this option is discouraged.