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ipv6.md 586 B


c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, daniel@haxx.se, et al. SPDX-License-Identifier: curl Short: 6 Long: ipv6 Tags: Versions Protocols: Added: 7.10.8 Mutexed: ipv4 Requires: Help: Resolve names to IPv6 addresses Category: connection dns Multi: mutex See-also:

  • http1.1
  • http2 Example:
  • --ipv6 $URL ---

--ipv6

Use IPv6 addresses only when resolving hostnames, and not for example try IPv4.

Your resolver may respond to an IPv6-only resolve request by returning IPv6 addresses that contain "mapped" IPv4 addresses for compatibility purposes. macOS is known to do this.