Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2019 22:16:08 +0300 From: abi <abi@abinet.ru> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is IPV6 option still necessary? Message-ID: <9b8c9b1b-0d26-d9d7-018a-cafa8ec98c1e@abinet.ru> In-Reply-To: <20191007.151841.1094708479149685365.yasu@utahime.org> References: <20191007.151841.1094708479149685365.yasu@utahime.org>
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07.10.2019 09:18, Yasuhiro KIMURA пишет: > On October 10, 2012 IPV6 option of all ports was enabled by > default. Commit message said "We are in 2012, it is time to activate > IPV6 options by default everywhere". > > And now we are in 2019. IPv6 is more widely used than 2012. So I > wonder if IPV6 option is still necessary. > > If you use official packages then you always use IPv6-enabled > binaries. And even if you build packages by yourself you still use > IPv6-enabled ones unless you disable IPV6 option. So I think at most > only a few people uses IPv6-disabled packages. > > Are there anybody who still disables IPV6 option for some serious > reason such as working around IPv6-related problem? If there aren't > then I think it's time to remove IPV6 option from ports framework. > I'm writing from 2019 and I build kernel and ports without IPv6. For all this years I fail to understand why I need it. My home devices fit 10.0.0.0/16 nicely, I have faith in NAT and I encountered no IPv6-only sites. But I saw CVEs in IPv6 stack.
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