[Asterisk-Users] asterisk & ipv6

[Miroslav Nachev]

   Dear Olle,

   I can say that Emil Ivov has very good knowledge on IPv6 too. You
can use it.
   

   Best Regards,
   Miroslav Nachev

OEJ> Marc Blanchet wrote:

>> - no asterisk does not work over ipv6.
>> - ipv6 port won't be as easy as I would like to...
>> - I'm currently working on it. Had a short discussion with Mark during
>> astricon on it.
>> - no release date promised...
>> - will certainly be available through a different source tree. Too many
>> changes in the code and many impacts to try to merge it with current
>> sources. When port done, would need to discuss with developers on how to
>> integrate these changes.
OEJ> Marc,

OEJ> Can we start backwards and write coding guidelines, like
OEJ> "don't use strings like ip:port with a colon, since a colon is a significant
OEJ> character in IPv6 addresses"

OEJ> "size the IP address string for IPv6, size being..."

OEJ> Also, we need to consider some architecture changes to be able to proxy
OEJ> from IPv6 to IPv4. How will this affect IAX, SIP and H.323?

OEJ> Maybe it's time to start a Wiki page named "the Asterisk IPv6 project"
OEJ> so we can start collecting information, creating guidelines.

OEJ> For the project: Marc has very good knowledge on IPv6 and is well-known
OEJ> in IPv6 circles. I was very happy to see him at Astricon, myself being one that
OEJ> has been asking about IPv6 and Asterisk many times. We need to listen to
OEJ> Marc. IPv6 is big in Asia and Asterisk needs to run on those networks as
OEJ> well .

OEJ> /O
OEJ> ------

OEJ> This project will be a good addition to our project list
OEJ> * The Asterisk FreeBSD project
OEJ> * The Asterisk Documentation Project
OEJ> * The Asterisk Solaris project
OEJ> * The Asterisk SS7 project
OEJ> * The Asterisk testing project

OEJ> As a side note, we might to create a project page listing these.
OEJ> Did I miss a project?

OEJ> /O
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