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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2011-03-18 18:41:02 -0400
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2011-03-18 18:41:33 -0400
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Document the all-balls IPv6 address.
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@@ -241,7 +241,9 @@ hostnossl <replaceable>database</replaceable> <replaceable>user</replaceable>
<literal>172.20.143.89/32</literal> for a single host, or
<literal>172.20.143.0/24</literal> for a small network, or
<literal>10.6.0.0/16</literal> for a larger one.
- <literal>0.0.0.0/0</literal> (<quote>all balls</>) represents all addresses.
+ <literal>0.0.0.0/0</literal> (<quote>all balls</>) represents all
+ IPv4 addresses, and <literal>::</literal> represents
+ all IPv6 addresses.
To specify a single host, use a CIDR mask of 32 for IPv4 or
128 for IPv6. In a network address, do not omit trailing zeroes.
</para>