I think there is at least privacy issue in connection with VPNs and DNS leaks. Preventing a DNS leak requires proper configuration of IPv4 and IPv6 DNS servers. The latter are usually not needed and are more cumbersome to configure since most people can't remember IPv6 addresses for long. As the checkbox contradicts itself, someone may erroneously think they have disabled IPv6-only networking, and thus have an unexpected DNS leak. I would imagine that similar scenarios can lead to a security issue as well.
Also, the wording is really quite unclear even without the contradiction between label and tooltip. I think the OP's proposed label "Allow this connection to fall back on IPv4" is far better. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1179698 Title: nm-connection-editor ambiguously says "Require IPv4 addressing for this connection to complete" (and similar for IPv6) - hover contracdicts it To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/1179698/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
