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Commit: 068dd2dd54300807b28149c15fad7598ea054ec0
Parent: 9e905a460429b1b76ffae96ed14647282af7c4c8
Author: Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@???>
AuthorDate: Thu Jun 27 20:59:26 2019 +0100
Committer: Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@???>
CommitDate: Thu Jun 27 20:59:26 2019 +0100
Docs: add note on effects of disabling IPv6 lookups
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doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index e11881c..d2a5499 100644
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -15159,6 +15159,11 @@ domain matches this list.
This is a fudge to help with name servers that give big delays or otherwise do
not work for the AAAA record type. In due course, when the world's name
servers have all been upgraded, there should be no need for this option.
+.new
+Note that all lookups, including those done for verification, are affected;
+this will result in verify failure for IPv6 connections or ones using names
+only valid for IPv6 addresses.
+.wen
.option dns_retrans main time 0s
