[jcifs] IP V6 and JCifs

[Michael B Allen]

Hi Ori,

I don't think it would be too hard. You would just have to look at
each place where the code assumes an address is in dot-quad form like
x.x.x.x or a sequence of 4 bytes encoded into some message or wherever
else the address is assumed to be IPv4 and replace it with generic
logic. The most sensitive places would probably be some authentication
message or binary blob that has addresses in it.. You would need to
get a packet capture of Windows using IPv6 and study how Windows
encodes those addresses. Actually now that I think about it, it
probably would be a little bit of a challenge.

Mike

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Ori <oorrii at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> Thanks again for the answer. Can you tell me how hard is it to support IPv6?
> Thanks,
> Ori
>
> On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 4:28 AM, Michael B Allen <ioplex at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Ori,
>>
>> IPv6 support will only happen when we see real pressure to support it
>> and so far I believe you may be the first person to have even
>> mentioned it either on this list or from anywhere else.
>>
>> JCIFS is used largely within IntrAnets where IPv6 conversion is not a
>> terribly high priority. At least they're not going to convert for
>> address space. And I believe most systems do both IPv4 and IPv6 at the
>> same time such that IPv4 applications will continue to function.
>>
>> My guess is we won't get any real pressure for IPv6 for another 10
>> years. But of course that's a wild guess.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Ori <oorrii at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Thanks for the answer.
>> > Do you know if it is going to be supported in the future? If not -
>> > anyone
>> > knows about an alternative?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Ori
>> >
>> > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 11:50 PM, Michael B Allen <ioplex at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi Ori,
>> >>
>> >> No, JCIFS does not support IPv6.
>> >>
>> >> Mike
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 2:46 AM, Ori <oorrii at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> >
>> >> > I wanted to ask if jcifs supports IP V6. If it does - can someone
>> >> > send a
>> >> > connection example?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks,
>> >> > Ori
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Michael B Allen
>> >> Java Active Directory Integration
>> >> http://www.ioplex.com/
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Michael B Allen
>> Java Active Directory Integration
>> http://www.ioplex.com/
>
>



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