[mythtv-users] Mythbackend not binding IPv6 ULA

[Rob]

On Tuesday, November 25, 2014, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jyavenard at gmail.com');>> wrote:

> On 25 November 2014 at 01:37, Rob <bertaboy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > How would it be a DNS problem if  mythbackend knows a ULA exists, but
> simply
> > ignores it?
>
> it doesn't ignore it, it only listens on the IP addresses you've
> explicitly specified, with the exception of link-local address (so
> Bonjour's type service works).
>
> Myth has never bound to all IP addresses (e.g. 0.0.0.0)
> This has always been the case, even when myth was an IPv4 only application
>
> > The problem lies within Myth's inability to specify the hostname when
> > identifying the backend's IPv6 address, and then applying its own
> > firewalling against any devices which try to call on the "wrong" IPv6
> > address.
>
> in the setup, you can either define an IP address or a hostname. If a
> hostname, that IP address will be resolved. Hostname resolution in
> setup on the other hand is something new.
> _______
>
I guess my question would be why do we listen for the address rather than on
the interface?
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