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Re: DoD IP Space


From: "Valdis Klētnieks" <valdis.kletnieks () vt edu>
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 10:49:50 -0500

On Sun, 14 Feb 2021 22:25:56 -0800, William Herrin said:

This particular problem could be quickly resolved if the OSes still
getting updates were updated to default name resolution to prioritize
the IPv4 addresses instead. That would allow broken IPv6
configurations to exist without breaking the user's entire Internet
experience. Which would allow them to leave it turned on so that it
resumes working when the error is eventually found and fixed.

Oh, come on Bill.  This ain't your first rodeo.  You know damned well
that if we do that, the errors are in fact *not* eventually found and fixed.

In addition, if you do that, even once the error is fixed, the box will
not know about that and will continue to use the IPv4 addresses.


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