On 3/3/11 9:57 AM, Florian Philipp wrote: > Hello! > > I rent a virtual private server and use Shorewall on it. Now I have the > option of enabling IPv6 for it and am investigating application > compatibility. I've noticed the following FAQ entry: > http://www.shorewall.net/FAQ.htm#faq80a > > As far as I can tell, the host system is RHEL-5 (5.5, I presume) using > kernel 2.6.18-028stab070.14. The hoster does not know about any issues > with stateful firewalls, that kernel and IPv6 as outlined in the FAQ. I > guess RedHat patched their kernel accordingly. Can someone verify my > assumption?
I cannot. To my knowledge, no RHEL-5 kernel supports stateful IPv6 filtering. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather who Shoreline, \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like Washington, USA \ all of the passengers in his car http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What You Don't Know About Data Connectivity CAN Hurt You This paper provides an overview of data connectivity, details its effect on application quality, and explores various alternative solutions. http://p.sf.net/sfu/progress-d2d
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