Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 07:43:00 -0400 From: Mark Kamichoff <prox@prolixium.com> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BIND9 built w/--disable-ipv6 on 8.1-STABLE Message-ID: <20100921114300.GB16298@prolixium.com> In-Reply-To: <4C97E15D.7070304@FreeBSD.org> References: <20100919183721.GA17616@prolixium.com> <20100919185528.GA28845@prolixium.com> <4C97E15D.7070304@FreeBSD.org>
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--J2SCkAp4GZ/dPZZf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 03:34:05PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > | Although, that still does beg the question, >=20 > No, it doesn't. :) See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beg_the_question http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beg_the_question#Modern_usage > | why don't we want IPv6 enabled by default on new BIND installations? >=20 > It has to do with whether or not IPv6 support is compiled into the > FreeBSD base system which is compiling BIND. If the configure option > is set to enable but there is not the proper support in the base, then > Bad Things(TM) happen. However, the way that it is set up now if the > binaries are running on a system that has IPv6 support then that is > detected, and you can use it if you choose. If the binaries are > running on a system without IPv6 support, no harm, no foul. I see, that makes sense. However, as IPv6 becomes more widely used (perhaps quite far in the future, when folks are turning /off/ IPv4), it might need revisiting. - Mark --=20 Mark Kamichoff prox@prolixium.com http://www.prolixium.com/ --J2SCkAp4GZ/dPZZf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkyYmkQACgkQ0TYC9KtF8BOhGQCdGU60cWaLhr3NkoO4I7pt9nBv Z24AoI2pnSKtoQahlTj6XnHA30y8Wjew =5SW0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --J2SCkAp4GZ/dPZZf--
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