[squid-users] happy eyeball broken for dual homed hosts ?

Amos Jeffries squid3 at treenet.co.nz
Wed Mar 16 10:48:21 UTC 2022


On 16/03/22 22:40, Dieter Bloms wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> while using squid 4.17 my ipv4/ipv6 ratio is about 56/44.

Squid-4 traditional networking strictly favours IPv6 per BCP17 
specification.


> When i use squid 5.3 my ipv4/ipv6 ratio is about 98/2.

Squid-5 "Happy Eyeballs" uses the fastest responding protocol, with a 
(insignificant) bias towards IPv6.

Under happy eyeballs the apparent preference can switch randomly based 
on remote networks activity and hardware changes.


Amos


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