Re: Forward: HEADS UP! Default value of ip6_v6only changed

2003-11-03 Thread Christian Weisgerber
Hajimu UMEMOTO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Our default of net.inet6.ip6.v6only was off in 4.X, and was changed to > on on 5.X to follow NetBSD's practice. This behavior on 5.X breaks > RFC2553/3493, and the change was intentional from security > consideration. But, NetBSD changed it off by defa

Re: Forward: HEADS UP! Default value of ip6_v6only changed

2003-11-01 Thread Eugene M. Kim
Michael Nottebrock wrote: Christian Weisgerber wrote: If we ship with a default of v6only off, then people will not fix software to open two sockets. This in turn means that turning v6only on will break this software. I find the notion of making people "fix" their software to not rely on RFC

Re: Forward: HEADS UP! Default value of ip6_v6only changed

2003-10-29 Thread Michael Nottebrock
I wrote: I find the notion of making people "fix" their software to not rely on RFC-defined behaviour problematic. I'm actually glad to see NetBSD reversed their unfortunate decision regarding the default (and OpenBSD's stunt of not even providing a knob is very evil indeed). I understand that

Re: Forward: HEADS UP! Default value of ip6_v6only changed

2003-10-29 Thread Michael Nottebrock
Christian Weisgerber wrote: If we ship with a default of v6only off, then people will not fix software to open two sockets. This in turn means that turning v6only on will break this software. I find the notion of making people "fix" their software to not rely on RFC-defined behaviour problemati

Re: Forward: HEADS UP! Default value of ip6_v6only changed

2003-10-29 Thread Bernd Walter
On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 11:51:59PM +, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > Hajimu UMEMOTO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Our default of net.inet6.ip6.v6only was off in 4.X, and was changed to > > on on 5.X to follow NetBSD's practice. This behavior on 5.X breaks > > RFC2553/3493, and the change wa

Re: Forward: HEADS UP! Default value of ip6_v6only changed

2003-10-28 Thread Christian Weisgerber
Hajimu UMEMOTO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Our default of net.inet6.ip6.v6only was off in 4.X, and was changed to > on on 5.X to follow NetBSD's practice. This behavior on 5.X breaks > RFC2553/3493, and the change was intentional from security > consideration. But, NetBSD changed it off by defa

Re: Forward: HEADS UP! Default value of ip6_v6only changed

2003-10-28 Thread Jeff W. Boote
Hajimu UMEMOTO wrote: > > Hi, > > Our default of net.inet6.ip6.v6only was off in 4.X, and was changed to > on on 5.X to follow NetBSD's practice. This behavior on 5.X breaks > RFC2553/3493, and the change was intentional from security > consideration. But, NetBSD changed it off by default. > Ho