Bug#529185: O: aiccu -- SixXS Automatic IPv6 Connectivity Client Utility
Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
I intend to orphan the aiccu package.
The package description is:
This client configures IPv6 connectivity without having to
manually configure interfaces etc. A SixXS account or an account
of another supported tunnel broker and at least one tunnel are
required. These can be freely requested from the SixXS website
at no cost. For more information about SixXS check their homepage.
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URL: http://www.sixxs.net
The package was finally moved to main after discussions with upstream back
in 2007. Sadly I do not use this utility anymore except on my router,
which is running on OpenWRT and thus not on the Debian package. Upstream
is running the SixXS service and was pretty responsive.
It needs some love, though. The way it manages its configuration file
is suboptimal and it needs invocation when dynamic devices like wifi
are activated.
There is also one pitfall with the utility: it relies on long DNS answers
to populate the list of tunnel brokers for the Debconf screen. That did
not work too well with some DNS servers because it requires the use of
TCP. (Even when I just tried it I got "Warning: Couldn't find global Tunnel
Brokers List, please check your DNS settings and read the FAQ." when
invoking `aiccu brokers'.)
Kind regards,
Philipp Kern
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