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| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/inet6.4 | 48 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/inet6.4 b/share/man/man4/inet6.4 index 23d9773a9d8..190dd79c151 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/inet6.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/inet6.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: inet6.4,v 1.40 2017/04/06 17:36:00 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: inet6.4,v 1.41 2017/04/15 18:45:15 jmc Exp $ .\" $KAME: inet6.4,v 1.19 2000/11/24 10:13:18 itojun Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 WIDE Project. @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: April 6 2017 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: April 15 2017 $ .Dt INET6 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -38,38 +38,24 @@ .In sys/types.h .In netinet/in.h .Sh DESCRIPTION -The -.Nm -family is an updated version of the -.Xr inet 4 -family. -While -.Xr inet 4 -implements Internet Protocol version 4, -.Nm -implements Internet Protocol version 6. -.Pp -The -.Nm -family is comprised of the -Internet Protocol version 6 -.Pq IPv6 -network protocol, Internet Control -Message Protocol version 6 +The Internet Protocol version 6 family +is an updated version of the Internet Protocol version 4 family. +It comprises Internet Protocol version 6 +.Pq IPv6 , +Internet Control Message Protocol version 6 .Pq ICMPv6 , Transmission Control Protocol .Pq TCP , and User Datagram Protocol .Pq UDP . -TCP is used to support the +.Xr tcp 4 +is used to support the .Dv SOCK_STREAM -abstraction while UDP is used to support the +abstraction while +.Xr udp 4 +is used to support the .Dv SOCK_DGRAM abstraction. -Note that TCP and UDP are common to -.Xr inet 4 -and -.Nm inet6 . A raw interface to IPv6 is available by creating an Internet socket of type .Dv SOCK_RAW . The ICMPv6 message protocol is accessible from a raw socket. @@ -97,10 +83,8 @@ struct sockaddr_in6 { .Pp Sockets may be created with the local address .Dq :: -.Po -which is equal to IPv6 address -.Dv 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 -.Pc +(which is equal to IPv6 address +.Dv 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 ) to effect .Dq wildcard matching on incoming messages. @@ -112,7 +96,7 @@ does not route IPv4 traffic to an socket, and does not support IPv4 mapped addresses, where IPv4 traffic is seen as if it comes from an IPv6 address like -.Li ::ffff:10.1.1.1 . +.Dq ::ffff:10.1.1.1 . Where both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic need to be accepted, bind and listen on two sockets. .Pp @@ -162,11 +146,9 @@ sockets, kernel memory access via and some other occasions. HOWEVER, users should never use the embedded form. .Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr ioctl 2 , .Xr socket 2 , .Xr sysctl 3 , .Xr icmp6 4 , -.Xr intro 4 , .Xr ip6 4 , .Xr tcp 4 , .Xr udp 4 |