From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 24 09:27:05 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: net@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20ABD106564A for ; Tue, 24 May 2011 09:27:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hrs@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail.vlsi.ee.noda.tus.ac.jp (sekine00.ee.noda.sut.ac.jp [133.31.107.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 582268FC08 for ; Tue, 24 May 2011 09:27:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from alph.allbsd.org (p2237-ipbf904funabasi.chiba.ocn.ne.jp [122.26.37.237]) (user=hrs mech=DIGEST-MD5 bits=128) by mail.vlsi.ee.noda.tus.ac.jp (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p4O99SKP034317 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 24 May 2011 18:09:39 +0900 (JST) (envelope-from hrs@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [IPv6:::1]) (authenticated bits=0) by alph.allbsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p4O99Gdu027916; Tue, 24 May 2011 18:09:18 +0900 (JST) (envelope-from hrs@FreeBSD.org) Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 18:09:01 +0900 (JST) Message-Id: <20110524.180901.205130608663171270.hrs@allbsd.org> To: freebsdlists@bsdunix.ch From: Hiroki Sato In-Reply-To: <4DDB6D8A.1090803@bsdunix.ch> References: <4DDB6D8A.1090803@bsdunix.ch> X-PGPkey-fingerprint: BDB3 443F A5DD B3D0 A530 FFD7 4F2C D3D8 2793 CF2D X-Mailer: Mew version 6.3 on Emacs 23.1 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Multipart/Signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="--Security_Multipart(Tue_May_24_18_09_01_2011_319)--" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.5 (mail.vlsi.ee.noda.tus.ac.jp [133.31.107.40]); Tue, 24 May 2011 18:09:40 +0900 (JST) X-Spam-Status: No, score=6.4 required=14.0 tests=BAYES_50, CONTENT_TYPE_PRESENT, RCVD_IN_CHINA, RCVD_IN_CHINA_KR, RCVD_IN_PBL, RCVD_IN_RP_RNBL, RCVD_IN_TAIWAN, SPF_SOFTFAIL,X_MAILER_PRESENT autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Level: ****** X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on mail.vlsi.ee.noda.tus.ac.jp Cc: net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Is accept_rtadv enabled by default? X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 09:27:05 -0000 ----Security_Multipart(Tue_May_24_18_09_01_2011_319)-- Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thomas wrote in <4DDB6D8A.1090803@bsdunix.ch>: fr> Hello fr> fr> Out of pure curiosity. Why is accept_rtadv enabled by default on a fr> interface with ipv6? I did not define accept_rtadv in rc.conf nor is it fr> enabled via sysctl. net.inet6.ip6.accept_rtadv is set to 0 (default) An interface on FreeBSD 8.x accepts RAs only when net.inet6.ip6.accept_rtadv=1 *and* ACCEPT_RTADV is enabled at the same time. This has been the default behavior regarding RAs for a long time. A new thing on 8.x is that the interface option ACCEPT_RTADV is exposed in the ifconfig output. This flag was actually enabled by default prior to 8.x, too. -- Hiroki ----Security_Multipart(Tue_May_24_18_09_01_2011_319)-- Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAk3bda0ACgkQTyzT2CeTzy0bPACg1ZaOAf6I9aMBlcjwcH3S29/l LYEAoMNF+WLvt+gHP/8bZfdLA5OFgbEY =1n49 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ----Security_Multipart(Tue_May_24_18_09_01_2011_319)----