Re: ipv6
Gil André <[email protected]>
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Hey Noel, On 01 Mar 2014, at 02:37, Noel Butler <[email protected]> wrote: > That might be fine for home uses... But try that approach if you run public facing servers, that all load up well before rc.local, if the daemons start at all, they will end up not listening on ipv6, I think Nick has a valid point (I gave him a quick reference on another mailing list last year on how I do it, as below, no idea if he still uses this way or has made it more efficient, Nick ??). > > > if this was 2004 I'd say "pffft" but like he says, it aint, its 2014, dunno bout you guys but in Australia you can not get any more ipv4 addresses from APNIC, and if you cant barter with those wasting them to buy a few ranges off them, you are left with only ipv6, whats the point of a hosting company for example, having a /32, if none of their slackware boxes bring up ipv6 accepting web mail and dns services? jesus, even RedHat has been doing this for *years* OK, I understand the problem better now. I am just so used to getting IPv4 when I want it. IPv6 is like icing on the cake so to speak. And if my job used Slackware, I would be so happy! On the other hand, the company I work for still has *tons* of IPv4 blocks that are free. I believe there was a lot of hoarding done several years ago… When I ordered a (personal, not work) Slackware server a couple of months ago, it came with one IPv4 address and one IPv6, and I remember thinking (a) that it was pretty cool and (b) that I needed to brush up on my v6. Even the non-profit ISP I volunteer for had no problem obtaining a nice little range of IPv4 two years agor (but since one of the founder has his own hosting company, that’s not too surprising…). > I know I get sick of having to remember to modify rc.inet1 and have it call my 6 file as well, its only a simple script… Couple of points here: 1) I am interested in your scripts - care to send them to me? 2) Since a lot more people are probably interested in them, do post all the info on docs.slackware.com 3) Presonally, I would make a lackware package for all these scripts - installation time would be much faster! > Hell, I even sent this (crappy and likely inefficient 2 minute written) patch to Pat a couple of years ago, its crude but it works, but seems he either did not get it, or CBF'd either :) Hmmm… CBF? Cheers, — Gil.