diff -ru mod_perl-1.27+ipv6/src/modules/perl/Connection.xs mod_perl-1.27/src/modules/perl/Connection.xs
--- mod_perl-1.27/src/modules/perl/Connection.xs	Fri Sep 29 16:41:30 2000
+++ mod_perl-1.27+ipv6/src/modules/perl/Connection.xs	Sun Aug 25 23:02:42 2002
@@ -78,13 +78,14 @@
     RETVAL = newSVpv((char *)&conn->remote_addr,
                       sizeof conn->remote_addr);
     if(sv_addr) {
-        struct sockaddr_in addr; 
+        struct sockaddr_storage addr; 
         STRLEN sockaddrlen; 
         char * new_addr = SvPV(sv_addr,sockaddrlen); 
         if (sockaddrlen != sizeof(addr)) { 
             croak("Bad arg length for remote_addr, length is %d, should be %d", 		  sockaddrlen, sizeof(addr)); 
         } 
-        Copy(new_addr, &addr, sizeof addr, char); 
+	memset(&addr, 0, sizeof addr);
+        Copy(new_addr, &addr, sizeof new_addr, char); 
         conn->remote_addr = addr;
     }
 
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@
 #else
         conn->remote_ip = pstrdup(conn->pool, (char *)SvPV(ST(1),na));
 #endif
-        conn->remote_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(conn->remote_ip);
+	((struct sockaddr_in *) &conn->remote_addr)->sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(conn->remote_ip);
     }
 
     OUTPUT: