Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 18:38:29 GMT From: Michael Richardson<mcr@sandelman.ca> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: www/106489: ftp4.freebsd.org has IPv6 IP Message-ID: <200612081838.kB8IcTsM000131@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200612081840.kB8IeBaF012278@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 106489 >Category: www >Synopsis: ftp4.freebsd.org has IPv6 IP >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-www >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Dec 08 18:40:10 GMT 2006 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Michael Richardson >Release: N/A >Organization: Sandelman Software Works >Environment: FreeBSD catfish.sandelman.ca 7.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #0: Thu Nov 30 14:56:15 EST 2006 mcr@catfish.sandelman.ca:/.amd_mnt/istari/host/i/hifn/ipcompfix/i386/compile/IPCOMP i386 >Description: trying to access ftp.freebsd.org from a machine that apparently has some broken IPv6 connectivity. I tried "ftp ftp4.freebsd.org" to force IPv4 instead. I was surprised to get an IPv6 address returned. Not everyone's FTP program has -4. >How-To-Repeat: catfish-[~] mcr 1001 %ftp ftp.freebsd.org Trying 2001:4f8:0:2::e... ^C catfish-[~] mcr 1002 %ftp ftp4.freebsd.org Trying 2001:4f8:0:2::e... ^C catfish-[~] mcr 1003 %ftp -4 ftp4.freebsd.org Connected to freebsd.isc.org. 220 Welcome to freebsd.isc.org. Name (ftp4.freebsd.org:mcr): ftp >Fix: don't CNAME to freebsd.isc.org, instead, get a "freebsd4.isc.org", or copy the IPs, like on ftp.freebsd.org. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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