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to: Michiel van der Vlist
from: Tommi Koivula
date: 2021-03-26 07:46:00
subject: ipv6 live testing ?

25 Mar 21 19:40, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Tommi Koivula:

 TK>> 25 Mar 21 15:38, Tommi Koivula wrote to Michiel van der Vlist:

 TK>>> Radius can use http proxy as well. I have tested it. The only
 TK>>> problem with it is that it tries to resolve the address and it
 TK>>> does not understand IPv6 address. I can poll you with Radius
 TK>>> later when I get back home. :)

 TK>> Please check your log. :)

 MV> - 25 Mar 18:47:13 [208] incoming from 2a01:4f9:c011:1ec5::1 (52356)
 MV> + 25 Mar 18:47:13 [1844] incoming session with mxo.tkk.iki.fi [2a01:4f9:c011:1ec5::1]

 ..

 MV> - 25 Mar 18:44:52 [208] incoming from 135.181.90.166 (36544)
 MV> + 25 Mar 18:44:52 [2648] incoming session with mxo.tkk.iki.fi [135.181.90.166]

 ..

 MV> So you first made an IPv4 connect and then manually entered an override to use fido6.vlist.eu
 MV> instead of fido.vlist.eu?

Exactly. That happens because Radius resolves the hostname and uses the ipv4 address, even when connecting via proxy.

Binkd works 'better' in this case, it just passes the hostname to the proxy and then proxy does the resolving job.

'Tommi

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