[Xymon] IPv6 debugging on xymon 4.4 (was Re: Roadmap/GitHub?/IPv6)

[Christian Herzog]

> Sorry, the "backfeed queue" :)
> 
> See README.backfeed: https://sourceforge.net/p/xymon/code/HEAD/tree/branches/4.x-master/README.backfeed
> 
> The short of it is that it provides an alternate way of submitting messages
> to xymond for local processes, using SysV-IPC instead of localhost TCP
> connections. It's much more efficient for injecting lots of messages, but
> sort of obviates the testing of xymond submissions over IPv6 :)
I see.

> Looking into this more, I believe we'll be able to use the existing "conn"
> framework for handling multiple IP addresses, but we may need a default set
> of flags for how to handle priority and fallbacks on DNS lookup.
> 
> I'd envision something along the lines of:
> IPv4 Only
> IPv4 Mandatory/IPv6 Optional
> IPv4 Optional/IPv6 Mandatory
> IPv6 Only
I agree with Adam and even think
> IPv4 Mandatory/IPv6 Mandatory
would be the default in our case.

I'll be ready to perform more tests after the Easter break.

cheers,
-d