netdev - Re: VPN traffic leaks in IPv6/IPv4 dual-stack networks/hosts

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Date:	Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:14:02 -0300
From:	Fernando Gont <fernando@...t.com.ar>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...i.de>
CC:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: VPN traffic leaks in IPv6/IPv4 dual-stack networks/hosts

On 11/28/2012 05:06 PM, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>> If the VPN is supposed to secure all traffic, and the VPN just fails to
>> support v6, then for me, it's questionable to have your traffic leak out
>> the VPN just because of that lack of IPv6 support.
> 
> Well, what I am saying is that a server may not
> be conveying "all", but only "0.0.0.0/0".

In such scenarios, doing nothing about IPv6 would be an oversight/error,
since IPv4 and IPv6 do not operate isolated from each other.

Cheers,
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Fernando Gont
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