[Bug 241305] IPv6 connectivity of ubuntu servers

2008-06-19 Thread Henning Eggers
I would not call this a security vulnerability. No computer sytem is at this point in time expected to use *only* IPv6 but to use *dual stacks* for the transition process. All IPv6-enabled system will still speak IPv4 and be able to reach the update servers. I would not even call this a bug but a

Re: [Bug 241305] IPv6 connectivity of ubuntu servers

2008-06-19 Thread Alexandre Dulaunoy
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 7:32 PM, Henning Eggers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would not call this a security vulnerability. No computer sytem is at this point in time expected to use *only* IPv6 but to use *dual stacks* for the transition process. All IPv6-enabled system will still speak IPv4

Re: [Bug 241305] IPv6 connectivity of ubuntu servers

2008-06-19 Thread Henning Eggers
You are aware, though, that IPv6-only hosts are still a rare exception on the open internet and that you must expect not being able to connect to all services - like Ubuntu updates. I am not saying that it wouldn't be a good idea to have at least one update server accessible via IPv6 but it is

Re: [Bug 241305] IPv6 connectivity of ubuntu servers

2008-06-19 Thread Alexandre Dulaunoy
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 8:13 PM, Henning Eggers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are aware, though, that IPv6-only hosts are still a rare exception on the open internet and that you must expect not being able to connect to all services - like Ubuntu updates. I am not saying that it wouldn't be a