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
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Shoreline,         \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like
Washington, USA     \ all of the passengers in his car
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