Converting C++ TCP/IP applications from IPv4 to IPv6. Difficult? Worth the trouble?

Question

Over the years I\'ve developed a small mass of C++ server/client applications for Windows using WinSock (Routers, Web/Mail/FTP Servers, etc... etc...).

I’m starting to t

Answer 1

Ulrich Drepper, the maintainer of glibc, has a good article on the topic,

http://people.redhat.com/drepper/userapi-ipv6.html

But don't forget Richard Steven's book, Unix Network Programming, Volume 1: The Sockets Networking API for good practice.