Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 19:42:38 +0100 (CET) From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: Jun-ichiro itojun Itoh <itojun@iijlab.net> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Christopher Nielsen <cnielsen@pobox.com> Subject: Re: BSDi IPv6 (was: Re: Can we just come to a decision on IPv6 a Message-ID: <XFMail.981205194238.asmodai@wxs.nl> In-Reply-To: <17086.912818460@coconut.itojun.org>
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On 05-Dec-98 Jun-ichiro itojun Itoh wrote: > >>> For the rest the set-up and configuring was a breeze just when it came to >>> userland tool flags it's confusing to use -ipv6 one time and -ip6 the next. >>> Hope this sort of thing can be avoided or standardized under FreeBSD... >>I think the goal is transparency to the user, i.e., use IPv6 when possible >>and IPv4 when necessary. Although, there will probably be cases where >>people will want to make this selection manually. > I agree that options should be standardized among userland tools. > KAME is trying to use "-inet6", "inet6" or "-6" for this. Aye, that would most certainly make it easier in use... How will it display the addresses though? BSDi followed this simple structure: #ifconfig -a IPv4: blahblah IPv6: blahblah --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai asmodai(at)wxs.nl | Cum angelis et pueris, Junior Network/Security Specialist | fideles inveniamur *BSD & picoBSD: The Power to Serve... <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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