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On 06/25/2012 06:08 AM, Anthony G. Basile wrote: |
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> Hi everyone, |
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> We visited this issue during the first ipv6 global day and I asked the |
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> masses: do you want ipv6 on by default or not. There was lots of back |
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> and forth and since it was only a question of default, I left the status |
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> quo, which is off by default. |
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> But now the ipv6 pressures mount! Diego has made a good argument that |
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> deploying hardened in an ipv6 only environment is a real pita. You |
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> can't get the goodies you need to bootstrap into an ipv6 only |
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> environment. With the growth in ipv6, I think it is time. |
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> I'm alerting users so that you can make whatever changes you like to |
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> ipv6 in your /etc/make.conf. In about 24 hours I will turn on by |
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> default ipv6 on all hardened profiles. |
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I use ipv6 on all my servers (not that everyone does). We will have to |
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enable it eventually, sooner is probably better then later I think. |
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-- Matthew Thode (prometheanfire) |
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