On 2 May 2014 16:08, Paul de Weerd <we...@weirdnet.nl> wrote:
> On Fri, May 02, 2014 at 09:59:09PM +0200, Henning Brauer wrote:
> | * Paul de Weerd <we...@weirdnet.nl> [2014-05-02 21:20]:
> | > On Fri, May 02, 2014 at 06:53:08PM +0200, Jérémie Courrèges-Anglas wrote:
> | [connectivity via link-local]
> | > | Not really, I'm puzzled by your question.  It works and has always
> | > | worked but I shouldn't expect them to work...
> | > I'm puzzled by the fact it has always been this way in OpenBSD.  It
> | > goes against the OpenBSD philosophy.
> |
> | see where the v6 zealots got us?
>
> Well, I do consider myself an IPv6 enthusiast.  Probably not a zealot;
> I'm not one for zealotry myself... :)
>
> | > I'll try to rephrase the question:
> | >
> | >     Why do you expect that you are accessible on IPv6
> | >     when you configure an interface with IPv4?  You
> | >     don't expect to get IPv4 connectivity when you
> | >     configure IPv6, do you?
> |
> | a very good question to ask.
> |
> | i wish -inet6 was default.
> |
> | i'll probably add a sysctl to globally nuke v6 from all interfaces
> | soon. somebody pls remind me at the next hackathon.
>
> Well, I think -inet6 would be a good default, but I think there's more
> to it.  Enabling net.inet6.ip6.accept_rtadv should still get me a
> link-local address (and, if router advertisements are present on the
> local network, an autoconfigured (autoconfprivacy) address too).  But
> if I have multiple interfaces and configure my system for SLAAC, what
> should happen?  To me, it seems that accept_rtadv should be a
> per-interface thing.
>
> Anyway, I believe at least -inet6 is a better default than the current
> situation.
>
> Paul 'WEiRD' de Weerd
>
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-inet6 as the default seems more OpenBSD'ish to me. Everything off
that can be off, but not more.

.... Ken

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