Re: Should we enable IPv6 support by default?

[Gert Doering <gert () greenie muc de>]

Hi,

On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 03:37:05AM -0800, Guy Harris wrote:
> It's 2008.  Should we enable IPv6 support by default in libpcap and 
> tcpdump (as long as the OS supports IPv6 to a sufficient extent that we 
> can compile the support in), and let users do "--disable-ipv6" if, for 
> whatever reason, they don't want it?

I would certainly appreciate that.

What is the reason for having optional IPv6 in the first place (besides
OSes that don't provide all necessary header files)?  Memory savings?

gert

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