From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 5 03:15:57 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69AFE106566B for ; Mon, 5 Apr 2010 03:15:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECBF88FC16 for ; Mon, 5 Apr 2010 03:15:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 10474 invoked by uid 399); 5 Apr 2010 03:15:56 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO foreign.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTPAM; 5 Apr 2010 03:15:56 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-Sender: dougb@dougbarton.us Message-ID: <4BB955EB.9090000@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:15:55 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://SupersetSolutions.com/ User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100330 Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: sthaug@nethelp.no References: <4BB7E224.6020508@FreeBSD.org> <20100404053352.E6F751CC13@ptavv.es.net> <20100404.184141.03733377.hrs@allbsd.org> <20100404.115158.74708010.sthaug@nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: <20100404.115158.74708010.sthaug@nethelp.no> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 OpenPGP: id=D5B2F0FB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, hrs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ipv6_enable X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 03:15:57 -0000 On 04/04/10 02:51, sthaug@nethelp.no wrote: >> No, my intension is not to compare IPv4 and IPv6 here. We have never >> enable L3 address autoconfiguration without explicit configuration >> before. This is reasonable and should be kept for IPv6, too. > > Agree 100%. Having IPv6 SLAAC as the default is a bad idea. > > On the other hand, I *do* like a single rc.conf knob (ipv6_enable) for > the top level IPv6 functionality - even if it doesn't do a 100% job. Thanks for your response. Do you think the compromise that I suggested in my response to Kevin, enabling SLAAC for the interface if DHCP is in use for IPv4 is reasonable? Doug -- ... and that's just a little bit of history repeating. -- Propellerheads Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/