Maxim Dounin Wrote:
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> Hello!
>
> On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 08:57:06AM -0500, vlad59
> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > location ~ ^/(data|conf|bin|inc) {
> > deny all;
> > }
>
> [...]
>
> > Yesterday I made one change listen 80 -> listen
> [::]:80 (to enable ipv6)
> > and all the forbidden directories are not
> protected anymore (anybody
> > with ipv4 or ipv6 can access them). Reverting to
> ipv4 (listen 80) fix
> > the problem.
> >
> > I tried to change my configuration file that way
>
> >
> > listen 80; ## listen for ipv4
> > listen [::]:80 default ipv6only=on;
> >
> > to have two explicit bind.
> >
> > And if I force my browser to use ipv4 the
> directories are protected. If
> > my browser use ipv6 the directories are not
> protected anymore.
> >
> > So I have many questions :
> > - Is my configuration file wrong ?
> > - Is there something wrong with ipv6 and nginx
> ?
> > - Does anybody already had this problem ?
>
> Access module (allow/deny directives) supports
> ipv6 as of 0.8.22+.
> If you are using older version - you have to
> upgrade.
>
> Maxim Dounin

Damn, sorry for the noise, next time I'll try to RTFM a little more.

I'm using Debian Squeeze so revision 0.7.67. That explains everything, I'll upgrade this tomorrow.

Thanks a lot for your quick answer.

Vlad