Disable IPv6 by default.

Dennis Gilmore dennis at ausil.us
Thu Sep 13 14:23:46 UTC 2007


On Thursday 13 September 2007 9:17:57 am Chuck Anderson wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 02:09:02PM +0000, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote:
> > Let's disable IPv6 by default and let the user enable it.
>
> Why?  Is it causing a problem for you?
>
> IPv6 deployment is a chicken-and-egg problem.  Everything Fedora can
> do to be proactive about encouraging its use should be applauded.  One
> day we will eventually need it, and if we don't work out the wrinkles
> now, we'll be in trouble later.  Windows Vista has it enabled by
> default.  So should Fedora.

I use ipv6 daily.  why should i go through extra steps when having both 
enabled does not hurt people with ipv4 only connections?

Dennis




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