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Re: Default value of net.ipv6.bindv6only should revert to 0



* Hendrik Sattler <post@hendrik-sattler.de> [100409 20:21]:
> Actually not. They'll just assume that binding the port first for IPv4, then
> for IPv6 will work. Eventually, they'll be surprised that it fails elsewhere
> (notably those that stick to the _documented_ default value).
> As already noted, there are already systems with another default but with a
> specific reason for such a choice. I don't see such a reason for Debian

Making life less miserable for those using ipv4 (which is still the vast
majority of people) is some reason.


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