* Daniel Reinhardt <crypto...@cryptodan.net> [2009-12-04 09:31]: > Its like how Linux/Unix Distribution Creaters forcing IPv6 in a > kernel when someone may not have a need for it or find it useless. > They should instead build their distributions with IPv4 enabled by > default, and include a IPv6 enabled Kernel for those who want to use > it.
Applying that same argument to any part of the kernel or network stack someone out there might have no use for, how many kernel images a distribution might have? This is of course not only absurd, it also ignores loadable modules support in the kernel. As to your suggestion for httpd (to stay at least slightly on-topic): Sure there's a tension between "secure by default" (whoever still claims this these days) and "lots of useful features enabled by default", but since not binding httpd to IPv6 interfaces it is trivially easy (as has been pointed out), why ruin it for everyone else who might need it? (Should they all need to recompile? Or, again, should distributions ship gazillion prepackaged versions of httpd, each with a different set of enabled features?). Also defaults are a bikeshed. -peter --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org
