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Re: Kernel 2.6 IPV6 Busted

To: Quantum Scientific <Info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.6 IPV6 Busted
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 13:12:14 -0500
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Quantum Scientific wrote:
After a week of intensive research and full-time study, it's become clear that IPV6 support, as it comes in standard Linux 2.6 kernels, is effectively non-functional.

Strange how I use this non-functional support every day.


I have a properly working firewall, but it appears there is no stateful filtering nor connection tracking in the IPV6 stack. I send out an

So is there something I'm missing? Am I completely fscked-up when I say that it doesn't work in practice, because there is no stateful packet filtering nor connection tracking?

Yes. IPv6 does not need NAT'ing. Everyone should have a global address. Connection tracking is not needed.


        Jeff



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