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



On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 12:00:35 +0200, Bernhard R. Link wrote:

> * 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.

This has exactly nothing to do with the default value of bindv6only.  If
anything, setting it to 1 by default makes things worse for v4-only
setups.

Cheers,
Julien

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