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doc: update frontend doc to indicate BEP15 IPv6 support

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@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ It listens for requests and usually answers each of them with one response, a ba
Chihaya ships with frontends for HTTP(S) and UDP. Chihaya ships with frontends for HTTP(S) and UDP.
The HTTP frontend uses Go's `http` package. The HTTP frontend uses Go's `http` package.
The UDP frontend implements [opentracker-style] IPv6, contrary to the specification in [BEP 15]. The UDP frontend implements both [old-opentracker-style] IPv6 and the IPv6 support specified in [BEP 15].
The advantage of the old opentracker style is that it contains a usable IPv6 `ip` field, to enable IP overrides in announces.
## Implementing a Frontend ## Implementing a Frontend
@ -105,4 +106,4 @@ This way, a PreHook can communicate with a PostHook by setting a context value.
[BEP 3]: http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0003.html [BEP 3]: http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0003.html
[BEP 15]: http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0015.html [BEP 15]: http://bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0015.html
[Prometheus]: https://prometheus.io/ [Prometheus]: https://prometheus.io/
[opentracker-style]: http://opentracker.blog.h3q.com/2007/12/28/the-ipv6-situation/ [old-opentracker-style]: https://web.archive.org/web/20170503181830/http://opentracker.blog.h3q.com/2007/12/28/the-ipv6-situation/