From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Dec 5 10:37:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA29549 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sat, 5 Dec 1998 10:37:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp01.wxs.nl (smtp01.wxs.nl [195.121.6.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA29544 for ; Sat, 5 Dec 1998 10:37:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from asmodai@wxs.nl) Received: from chronias.ninth-circle.org ([195.121.57.11]) by smtp01.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6) with ESMTP id AAA588; Sat, 5 Dec 1998 19:37:12 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <17086.912818460@coconut.itojun.org> Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 19:42:38 +0100 (CET) Organization: Ninth Circle Enterprises From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai To: Jun-ichiro itojun Itoh Subject: Re: BSDi IPv6 (was: Re: Can we just come to a decision on IPv6 a Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Christopher Nielsen Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message