If there's other operating systems that run it by default, I'd rather stick with what people will expect (just working) than turning it off because of a security problem that is, at this point, hypothetical.
I haven't used IPv6 very often, so there may be arguments I don't know about. On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Matthias Rampke <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Aug 17, 2011 11:05 PM, "Justin Sherrill" <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Would it be worth setting this by default, since (someday, somehow) >> IPv6 is becoming more common? > > I'd be in favour, but I'm not sure about the security implications of > accepting anything from the network by default upon plugging in. (How is it > with DHCPv4 now? It would be best to just do the analog thing for IPv6, I > think) > > -m. >
