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Emulate dualstack sockets in userspace
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Description
Dualstack support per platform according to the internet: (Not verified)
- OpenBSD: Not supported.
- FreeBSD: Not supported by default, but support can be manually toggled with a system-wide config change.
- Windows: Supported. Disabled by default. Can be enabled on a per-socket basis.
- Linux: Supported. Generally enabled by default, but some distros disable it by default.
- POSIX & RFC3493: Specifies IPv6 sockets should be dualstack by default.
On the *BSD's: Can dualstack sockets be emulated efficiently and transparently in userspace by creating two sockets?
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by comparing the listed OpenBSD and FreeBSD socket behavior with POSIX and RFC3493 requirements. Determine whether two userspace sockets can provide an efficient, transparent dualstack equivalent, and document the feasibility, platform constraints, and any required interface changes.
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Assessment
- Domain
- networking, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100