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

[Salvo Tomaselli <tiposchi@tiscali.it>]

> OTOH, it defaults to 1 in Windows Vista/7, probably as compatibility
> to XP which didn't have a dual-IP stack.
I don't think we should care about what windows does, there can't be 
compatibility anyway.

> I also don't really see the issues with bindv6only=0. If you listen on
> all interfaces, it makes is easier. If you only listen on specific
> interfaces, it's not in the way.
The problem is that freebsd has bindv6only=1 by default, but i personally 
think it is a bug in the kernel.

 
> Just let any application which cannot cope with it install another
> file in /etc that sets it back to 0. Let's have a configuration file
> war :-(
Apparently rewriting configuration of other packages is against the policy.

Bye

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Salvo Tomaselli