On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 2:23 PM, Sepherosa Ziehau <[email protected]> wrote: > It could be useful. Is it available somewhere? So that we could take > a look at it. > > Thanks, > sephe > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Charles Musser <[email protected]> wrote: >> While experimenting with IPv6 SLAAC, I wrote a daemon that configures >> a host's DNS resolver using the scheme described in RFC 6106. >> FreeBSD's rtsold(1) and "radns" (in the ports collection) are two >> programs that already do this. However, this one might be nice to have >> in the base system. Features: >> >> - Small, simple design: around 750 LoC in a single source file. >> >> - Developed on DragonFly, so no portability overhead. Tested on >> FreeBSD too, so probably works on other BSDs. >> >> - No configuration, other than command line flags for foreground >> mode and debug output. >> >> - Data validation: Performs basic sanity checks on router >> advertisement options; Checks validity of server addresses and search >> domains; enforces system-defined size limits for lists of these >> items. >> >> - Ran under Valgrind' memcheck (on FreeBSD) with no leaks found. >> >> - Not entangled with rtsold(1) which need not be running and might >> not exist if the kernel took over soliciting router advertisements (as >> is now done in OpenBSD). >> >> SLAAC is a somewhat dusty corner of IPv6 configuration, so maybe the >> existing programs are good enough. This limited use-case is both an >> argument for and against including a new implementation. Depending >> on your tolerance/enthusiasm level, it's either "why not?" or "why >> bother?" >> >> Is this something the project would want?
After brief discussion, we think it should be in dports. Thanks, sephe -- Tomorrow Will Never Die
