I, or better yet MCR, could talk to some of these questions. WRT programming, it all depends on the language really. Networking abstractions differ a lot from language to language. I could talk briefly about BSD socket interface (ie libc support for IPv6). -Bart On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 14:02, Rob Echlin <rob [ at ] echlin [ dot ] ca> wrote: > Hi > Topics for OCLUG presentations about IPv6? > > Programming - Maybe we could add IPV6 to an evening of programming talks? > > - If you program against IPv6, do you need to do anything different, or is it just the same? > - Is there anything we need to know about all those extra IP addresses and ports, as software developers? > - Any special libraries we should know about? > - Any different techniques for network based software? > - any more reserved ports or ranges under IPv6? > > > Software available > - is there any user-level software (desktop, server) that uses IPv6 in a different way, better way? > - Does it make it any different for a mail client, or server, or peer-to-peer software? Or anything else? > - Can I connect my Kmail client (for instance) to a mail server that's on IPV6? > > > Thanks, > Rob > > > > > -- > Rob Echlin, B. Eng. > 613-266-8311 - Ottawa, ON > Blog: http://talksoftware.wordpress.com/ > - I am a software developer and proponent of Agile Software Development processes. > - Agile delivers: faster to market, higher quality, what the customer actually needs. More satisfying, more fun! > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux >