Re: [PATCH 6/6] net: Warn when processes listen on AF_INET sockets

Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.network.bridge,gmane.linux.network,gmane.linux.drivers.rdma,gmane.linux.kernel,gmane.linux.kernel.bpf,gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general,gmane.comp.security.firewalls.netfilter.devel
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On Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:28:23 +0100
David Woodhouse <[email protected]> wrote:

> > Some kernels are built without CONFIG_IPV6, so this warning would be
> > quite misleading.  
> 
> Maybe on this date next year, we could make it not possible to build
> the kernel *without* IPv6... ?


There are some government agencies that used to require that IPV6 was disabled
for security reasons. Yes they had broken old firewalls
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