On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Jan-Oliver Wagner <jan-oliver.wag...@intevation.de> wrote: > On Montag, 29. Dezember 2008, Stjepan Gros wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Jan-Oliver Wagner >> <jan-oliver.wag...@intevation.de> wrote: >> > On Montag, 29. Dezember 2008, Stjepan Gros wrote: >> >> >> but what caught my attention was the mention of IPv6. It turns out >> >> that OpenVAS doesn't support it? Is it true? >> > >> > I'd be thankful if anyone could clearly define or specify what "IPv6 >> > Support in OpenVAS" >> > is or should be. So far I received only foggy answers. >> >> It could mean few things: >> >> 1. It means that you can enter IPv6 address(es) in the OpenVAS client >> and then those hosts, whith those addresses, are scanned. >> >> This is not so simple as just entering IPv6 address because the socket >> code is different: >> - for a start, addresses are stored in sockaddr_in6 structure instead >> of sockaddr_in >> - AF_INET6 has to be used in place of AF_INET (e.g. creating socket, >> converting ascii adresses with inet_pton/inet_ntop) >> - constants like INADDR_ANY can not be used with IPv6 >> >> after the socket is created and bound (or connected) I believe it >> doesn't matter any more if IPv4 or IPv6 is used. >> >> 2. It means that when you enter hostname (or FQDN) which resolves to >> IPv6 address, this address will be used >> >> 3. There is a code in openvas for forging IP packets. This code has to >> be enhanced to know how to construct IPv6 packets. >> >> 4. NASL laguage has to be enhanced to accept IPv6 addresses, and >> potentially IPv6 specific extensions. >> >> And IMHO, with all the recent hype around IPv4 address shortages, and >> IPv6 mandatory use, and a like, i think that it would be good to >> introduce IPv6 as soon as possible, but that obviously won't be easy. > > This all sounds like a pretty good plan. > Anyone interested in transfering this into a initial Change Request document?
Well, since no one did it yet, here is one proposal. SG
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