[Bug network/19697] New: /etc/gai.conf option to configure AF_UNSPEC lookups

["fweimer at redhat dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19697

            Bug ID: 19697
           Summary: /etc/gai.conf option to configure AF_UNSPEC lookups
           Product: glibc
           Version: 2.24
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: network
          Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
          Reporter: fweimer at redhat dot com
  Target Milestone: ---
             Flags: security-

Systems without IPv6 connectivity may still run software which uses AF_UNSPEC
lookups.  Such systems may want to skip the AAAA lookup in getaddrinfo.

Similarly, IPv6-only systems might want to avoid the A lookups.

Therefore, configuration options like âaf_unspec bothâ (the default),
âaf_unspec af_inetâ and âaf_unspec af_inet6â make a lot of sense to me.

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