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Date:      Sat, 05 Dec 1998 19:42:38 +0100 (CET)
From:      Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>
To:        Jun-ichiro itojun Itoh <itojun@iijlab.net>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Christopher Nielsen <cnielsen@pobox.com>
Subject:   Re: BSDi IPv6 (was: Re: Can we just come to a decision on IPv6 a
Message-ID:  <XFMail.981205194238.asmodai@wxs.nl>
In-Reply-To: <17086.912818460@coconut.itojun.org>

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On 05-Dec-98 Jun-ichiro itojun Itoh wrote:
> 
>>> For the rest the set-up and configuring was a breeze just when it came to
>>> userland tool flags it's confusing to use -ipv6 one time and -ip6 the next.
>>> Hope this sort of thing can be avoided or standardized under FreeBSD...
>>I think the goal is transparency to the user, i.e., use IPv6 when possible
>>and IPv4 when necessary. Although, there will probably be cases where
>>people will want to make this selection manually.

>       I agree that options should be standardized among userland tools.
>       KAME is trying to use "-inet6", "inet6" or "-6" for this.

Aye, that would most certainly make it easier in use...

How will it display the addresses though?

BSDi followed this simple structure:

#ifconfig -a

IPv4:

blahblah

IPv6:

blahblah

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Junior Network/Security Specialist  |  fideles inveniamur
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