Re: Exim and IPv6 Help

[horape@tinuviel.compendium.net.ar]

¡Hola!

> > So we are again in the area of IPv4-mapped addresses not supported under
> > OpenBSD. NetBSD has a sysctl switch to enable this if I remember your
> > previous mail right. What's wrong with this approach?
> > Listening on both AF_INET _and_ AF_INET6 moves unnessesary complexity to the
> > application while it could be handled in the kernel quite easily. Why don't
> > we just do that? Why do we break compatibility? Why do we ignore the RFCs
> > (though not Standard yet)?

> No, only you are questioning this.

Not only he does. Unfortunately.

> Everyone else has read the notes that itojun has posted, and
> understood that this decision has been made for safety reasons.

> If you cannot understand that, and intent to just keep making noise,
> perhaps you should just go run some other system.

Main problem is that the ipngwg people has decided to consider openbsd as
non compliant. I believe the rfc should be changed, but it seems it won't
happen anytime (I've tried to get that changed, but with no luck)

Saludos,
					HoraPe
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Horacio J. Peña
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