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Mac OS X Problem Puts Up a Block To IPv6

Posted by kdawson on from the twenty-five-or-six-to-four dept.

An anonymous reader lets us know of an experiment conducted in Norway to determine real-world problems in using IPv6 today (Google translation; Norwegian original). "According to a Norwegian article in digi.no, Redpill Linpro did an experiment with regard to IPv6 on one of the largest online newspapers there (www.vg.no). They added a hidden iframe that pointed to an IPv6-enabled domain to test real-life problems about the reported IPv6 holes. The result was that mainly Mac OS X, older versions of Opera, and a few Linux distributions exhibited problems. For Mac OS X it took 75 seconds to time out before failing back to IPv4." From the consultant's report: "Mac OS X has a problem in that it will prefer 6to4-based IPv6 over IPv4-based connectivity, at least if its local IPv4 address is an RFC 1918-based private address as commonly found in NAT-ed home network environments. This is unfortunate, as 6to4 has shown itself to be much less reliable than IPv4."

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  1. Re:John C. Randolph, give us the real story. by jcr · · Score: 1, Troll

    I was never in QA. What gave you that idea?

    Anyhow, this issue is news to me. If you don't want your Mac to use IPv6, all you have to do is unselect it in the network prefs pane.

    -jcr

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  2. Re:Why would /. focus on OSX problems?... by just_another_sean · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well you will notice that he didn't thank Apple for fixing this in their system did he? According to TFA the amount of Linux users affected is so small he didn't bother to graph them and, as others have mentioned, switching to a new version of Opera is a heck of a lot easier then switching to a new version of OS X, especially given Apple charges users for upgrades, even security/bug fixes. IMHO Apple users will end up with the bigger issues to face.

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  3. Re:Why would /. focus on OSX problems?... by hitmark · · Score: 1, Troll

    or attempt to behave like one even tho the market share should not indicate that the behavior fits.

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  4. Re:Help me understand this. by blair1q · · Score: 0, Troll

    Jeebus, Arnie. If banning offshore drilling is going to make you this cranky, just go ahead and drill.

  5. Re:Why would /. focus on OSX problems?... by burris · · Score: 0, Troll

    Since Bertrand Serlet got up at WWDC and announced that Snow Leopard would have no new features and it was pretty much just a bug fix release.

  6. Re:John C. Randolph, give us the real story. by jcr · · Score: 0, Troll

    Little hint for you, if you're trying to upset me: sexual orientation is a non-issue as far as I'm concerned. I suggest you seek counseling about your own issues with it, of course.

    -jcr

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