On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 03:34:05PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > | Although, that still does beg the question, > > No, it doesn't. :) See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beg_the_question
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beg_the_question#Modern_usage > | why don't we want IPv6 enabled by default on new BIND installations? > > It has to do with whether or not IPv6 support is compiled into the > FreeBSD base system which is compiling BIND. If the configure option > is set to enable but there is not the proper support in the base, then > Bad Things(TM) happen. However, the way that it is set up now if the > binaries are running on a system that has IPv6 support then that is > detected, and you can use it if you choose. If the binaries are > running on a system without IPv6 support, no harm, no foul. I see, that makes sense. However, as IPv6 becomes more widely used (perhaps quite far in the future, when folks are turning /off/ IPv4), it might need revisiting. - Mark -- Mark Kamichoff [email protected] http://www.prolixium.com/
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