Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 02:28:37 +0900 From: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@mahoroba.org> To: "Jeroen C.van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: an IPv4-mapped IPv6 address off by default Message-ID: <ygelm7zra2i.wl@cheer.mahoroba.org> In-Reply-To: <AC271847-9FEE-11D6-8168-000393754B1C@vangelderen.org> References: <yge3cu7u7ph.wl@lyrics.mahoroba.org> <AC271847-9FEE-11D6-8168-000393754B1C@vangelderen.org>
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Hi,
>>>>> On Thu, 25 Jul 2002 12:50:49 -0400
>>>>> "Jeroen C.van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org> said:
jeroen> May I ask what motivated this change?
Yes. There is discussion that an IPv4-mapped IPv6 address has
potential security weakness in developping application and/or
operating servers. NetBSD's default is off, and OpenBSD doesn't
support an IPv4-mapped IPv6 address.
Sincerely,
--
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