From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 4 09:52:00 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 E334F1065670 for ; Sun, 4 Apr 2010 09:52:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sthaug@nethelp.no) Received: from bizet.nethelp.no (bizet.nethelp.no [195.1.209.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1B3DC8FC12 for ; Sun, 4 Apr 2010 09:51:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 83277 invoked from network); 4 Apr 2010 09:51:58 -0000 Received: from bizet.nethelp.no (HELO localhost) (195.1.209.33) by bizet.nethelp.no with SMTP; 4 Apr 2010 09:51:58 -0000 Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2010 11:51:58 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <20100404.115158.74708010.sthaug@nethelp.no> To: hrs@FreeBSD.org From: sthaug@nethelp.no In-Reply-To: <20100404.184141.03733377.hrs@allbsd.org> References: <4BB7E224.6020508@FreeBSD.org> <20100404053352.E6F751CC13@ptavv.es.net> <20100404.184141.03733377.hrs@allbsd.org> X-Mailer: Mew version 3.3 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: dougb@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-current@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: Sun, 04 Apr 2010 09:52:01 -0000 > 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. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no