6translator - An adapter for IPv4-only daemons on IPv6 servers

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6translator opens up your IPv4 only daemons to the IPv4 world. It listens for connections on IPv6, creates connections over IPv4, and shuffles data between them. That's it!

Homepage: http://xvx.ca/6translator GitHub: http://github.com/adamwg/6translator

Installation

$ make $ make install

The default prefix is /usr. Use PREFIX= to override it.

Usage

$ 6translator -6 [hostname,]port -4 [hostname,]port [-f]

-6 , Specifies the (IPv6) host and port to listen on. -4 , Specifies the (IPv4) host and port to connect to. -f Stay in foreground (handy for debugging).

-6 and -4 must specify at least a port. If no hostnames are specified, it listens on any (IPv6) address and connects to localhost.

If -f is specified, 6translator runs in the foreground and logs to stderr. Otherwise, it daemonizes and logs to syslog.

Example

To allow IPv6 clients to connect to your IPv4 IRC server on port 6668, use:

$ 6translator -6 6668 -4 6667

If your ircd only listens on the IPv4 addresses, you can use the same port by specifying the IPv6 address to listen on:

$ 6translator -6 host6name,6667 -4 6667

If you want to forward IPv6 connections to an IPv4 daemon on another server, you can specify the IPv4 hostname:

$ 6translator -6 6667 -4 irc.example.org,6667

License

Licensed under the MIT License. See the COPYING file for details.