diff -urN darkbot/source/comm.c darkbot-new/source/comm.c
--- darkbot/source/comm.c	2003-06-20 17:56:44.000000000 +0200
+++ darkbot-new/source/comm.c	2004-04-25 02:59:20.000000000 +0200
@@ -300,7 +300,12 @@
 int
 create_connection (char *server, char *virtualhost, long port)
 {
-	struct	sockaddr_in		name;
+#ifdef IPV6
+		struct	sockaddr_in6	name;
+		char 	v6addr[256];
+#else
+		struct	sockaddr_in	name;
+#endif
 	struct	hostent			*hostname;
 	struct	timeval			timeout;
 	fd_set					set;
@@ -310,31 +315,57 @@
 	if ((!virtualhost) || (strlen (virtualhost) < 1))
 		vhost = 0;
 
-	if ((sock = socket (AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0)
-		return -1;
-
-	memset (&name, 0, sizeof (struct sockaddr_in));
+#ifdef IPV6
+		if ((sock = socket (AF_INET6, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0)
+			return -1;
+
+		memset (&name, 0, sizeof (struct sockaddr_in6));
+		name.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
+		inet_pton(AF_INET6, "0::0", &name.sin6_addr);
+#else
+		if ((sock = socket (AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0)
+			return -1;
+
+		memset (&name, 0, sizeof (struct sockaddr_in));
+		name.sin_family = AF_INET;
+		name.sin_addr.s_addr = (vhost ? inet_addr (virtualhost) : INADDR_ANY);
+#endif
 
 	setsockopt (sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_LINGER, 0, 0);
 	setsockopt (sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, 0, 0);
 	setsockopt (sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_KEEPALIVE, 0, 0);
 
-	name.sin_family = AF_INET;
-	name.sin_addr.s_addr = (vhost ? inet_addr (virtualhost) : INADDR_ANY);
 
-	if ((name.sin_addr.s_addr == -1) && vhost)
-	{
-		hostname = gethostbyname (virtualhost);
-		if (hostname)
+#ifdef IPV6
+		if (vhost)
 		{
-			name.sin_addr = *(struct in_addr *) hostname->h_addr;
+			if ((hostname = gethostbyname2(virtualhost, AF_INET6)) != NULL)
+			{
+				inet_ntop(AF_INET6, (struct in6_addr *)( hostname->h_addr_list[0] ), v6addr, 256);
+				printf("VirtualHost resolved to : %s", v6addr);
+				inet_pton(AF_INET6, v6addr, &name.sin6_addr);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				inet_pton(AF_INET6, "0::0", &name.sin6_addr);
+			}
 		}
-		else
+#else
+		if ((name.sin_addr.s_addr == -1) && vhost)
 		{
-			name.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
+			hostname = gethostbyname (virtualhost);
+			if (hostname)
+			{
+				name.sin_addr = *(struct in_addr *) hostname->h_addr;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				name.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
+			}
 		}
-	}
-	if (bind (sock, (struct sockaddr *) &name, sizeof (struct sockaddr_in)) < 0)
+#endif
+
+	if (bind (sock, (struct sockaddr *) &name, sizeof(name)) < 0)
 	{
 		printf ("\n");
 		perror ("bind");
@@ -342,18 +373,31 @@
 		exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
-	memset (&name, 0, sizeof (struct sockaddr_in));
-	name.sin_family = AF_INET;
-	name.sin_port = htons (port);
+	memset (&name, 0, sizeof (name));
+#ifdef IPV6
+		name.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
+		name.sin6_port = htons (port);
 
-	if(!(hostname = gethostbyname (server)))
-	{
-		printf ("\n");
-		herror ("hostname");
-		exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
+		if ((hostname = gethostbyname2(server, AF_INET6)) != NULL)
+		{
+			inet_ntop(AF_INET6, (struct in6_addr *)( hostname->h_addr_list[0] ), v6addr, 256);
+			printf("Server resolved to : %s", v6addr);
+			inet_pton(AF_INET6, v6addr, &name.sin6_addr);
+		}
+#else
+		name.sin_family = AF_INET;
+		name.sin_port = htons (port);
+
+		if(!(hostname = gethostbyname (server)))
+		{
+			printf ("\n");
+			herror ("hostname");
+			exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
+		}
+
+		name.sin_addr = *(struct in_addr *) hostname->h_addr;
+#endif
 
-	name.sin_addr = *(struct in_addr *) hostname->h_addr;
 
 	/* set the file descriptor to non blocking mode so that connect()
 	   returns immediately.
diff -urN darkbot/source/defines.h darkbot-new/source/defines.h
--- darkbot/source/defines.h	2004-04-04 02:11:08.000000000 +0200
+++ darkbot-new/source/defines.h	2004-04-25 03:14:02.000000000 +0200
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@
 
 // ================ SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ================
 
+/* This sets weather or not you want the darkbot to be ipv6 based
+ * or not. Note that if you want it to use the other protocol
+ * you will have to recompile 
+ * (#define IPV6  = on)
+ * (#undef IPV6   = off)
+ */
+#define IPV6
+
 /* 
  * Change the Ansi C signal handling below if it's not in the standard place,
  * usually on include/. Leave it as is if you don't know what that is. Type