platforms but are disallowed by default on FreeBSD, NetBSD, and
OpenBSD in order to match the system-wide policy on those
platforms. But even on systems where it is disallowed by default, a
special configure parameter can change this behavior for Apache.</p>
special <codeclass="program"><ahref="./programs/configure.html">configure</a></code> parameter can change this behavior
for Apache.</p>
<p>On the other hand, on some platforms such as Linux and Tru64 the
<strong>only</strong> way to handle both IPv6 and IPv4 is to use
mapped addresses. If you want Apache to handle IPv4 and IPv6 connections
with a minimum of sockets, which requires using IPv4-mapped IPv6
addresses, specify the <code>--enable-v4-mapped</code><ahref="programs/configure.html">configure</a> option.</p>
addresses, specify the <code>--enable-v4-mapped</code><codeclass="program"><ahref="./programs/configure.html">configure</a></code> option.</p>
<p><code>--enable-v4-mapped</code> is the default on all platforms but
FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD, so this is probably how your Apache was
@@ -122,9 +123,8 @@
<p>If your platform supports it and you want Apache to handle IPv4 and
IPv6 connections on separate sockets (i.e., to disable IPv4-mapped
addresses), specify the <code>--disable-v4-mapped</code><ahref="programs/configure.html">configure</a> option.
<code>--disable-v4-mapped</code> is the default on FreeBSD,
NetBSD, and OpenBSD.</p>
addresses), specify the <code>--disable-v4-mapped</code><codeclass="program"><ahref="./programs/configure.html">configure</a></code> option. <code>--disable-v4-mapped</code> is the