text_combined: brendan minish csfsdisminishorg tue 20071009 1339 0100 timothy murphy wrote remove following line various programs require network functionality fail 1 localhostlocaldomain localhost assume kind ipv6 nonsense ive found completely impossible kill ipv6 recent fedoras whatever modules remove always comes back get used ipv6 coming isp near soon far nonsense current predictions rir take last available 8 block 2009 last 21 allocation lir ie isp made sometime 2010 sometime shortly expect ipv4 addresses get hard get isps start natting customers ipv4 access linux ipv6 support solid vista supports ipv6 preference ipv4 xp fully supports ipv6 lot 3g ipv6 based docsis 3 uses ipv6 rfc 1918 space small address devices big cable tv system ipv6 solves lots problems end users lots things dont work well though nat work better user get 48 isp enough public address space almost conceivable end use ipv6 autoconfigures lot elegantly ipv4 fixes many ipv4 shortcomings would strongly recommend anyone interested networking take time learn ipv6 want real live ipv6 connectivity play use tunnel broker sixxs httpwwwsixxsnet tim heanet ipv6 well implemented throughout network already may already using ipv6 noticed brendan wed 06 aug 2008 035547 0100 ilug localhostlocaldomain considered harmful