On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 07:58:08AM +0200, Armin Jenewein wrote: > No idea what you perceive here as a "rant", my apologies if that seemed > like one to you, that's not my intention. > > FWIW both ftplist1.openbsd.org and ftplist2.openbsd.org have no AAAA > entry, either. > > I don't see what I need to prove here. That's 3 hosts already that don't > have an AAAA DNS record, so if you're on an IPv6-only link, you can't > access these. I didn't check ALL the mirrors that the installer has in > the list, but the one popping up in my list as ftp.spline.de doesn't > have one, either, so that's just number four. > > With prices for IPv4 addresses are starting to increase, it surprises me > that this is still such a heated topic. Nobody asks about removing > IPv4-connectivity here. Nobody wants to break functionaly for v4-only > users. > > I did try installing OpenBSD in v6-only networks, yes. On an IPv6-only > host it doesn't even suggest a mirror to download from. > > My initial mail was about this one here, nevertheless: > > $ ping6 openbsd.org > ping6: no address associated with name > $ > > The fact that all the other hosts I mentioned are v4-only doesn't change > that situation in any way.
I think ipv6 just expand attack surface for the services for very little benefit, if you're really interested in fixing installation case, maybe patch for the installer will be the right direction
