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>IPv6 is now turned off on new interfaces by default. Assigning an IPv6 address will enable IPv6 on an interface. Why?
I used to use OpenBSD extensively in my job because of the awesomeness of PF but later moved on to big iron F5 and Cisco gear. In this new age of NSA wiretaps and cloud based services built around advertising and tracking however, OpenBSD feels more relevant than ever. I'd like to give it a shot as a desktop again. So, who makes a modern laptop with good OpenBSD hardware compatability?
Lenovo X201 works well. Not exactly modern but a nice machine and more than adequate.
I have had to remove the IPv6 option from my kernels because enabling IPv6 by default (which to me seems like a "policy" decision) has become so pervasive. Nice to see this change; here's hoping other OS's follow suit.
Can anyone speak to SSD in OpenBSD? My understanding is that trim support is not supported in OpenBSD ( http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?p=51377 ). That makes me a little worried about the potential to wear out an SSD drive in a workstation. The thread I linked discusses reducing some writes by using softdeps and the like, is that enough to make this a non-issue?
In general I wouldn't trust random forums for information about OpenBSD. People tend to repeat stuff long after its true. Send a message to misc@ or tech@openbsd.org and you'll hear directly from the devs. Just make sure your partitions are 4k aligned to minimized write amplification. Many openbsd devs use SSDs. I've used one with openbsd for years without problems. Honestly it's a requirement given the shortcomings…
>IPv6 is now turned off on new interfaces by default. Assigning an IPv6 address will enable IPv6 on an interface. Why?
Off by default makes much sense given it is another vector to attack. If not needed then why be on and more likely to just use IPv4 over even touching IPv6.
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Off by default makes much sense given it is another vector to attack. If not needed then why be on and more likely to just use IPv4 over even touching IPv6.
Not just a vector of attack, it also causes performance and connectivity problems when misconfigured. As long as there is no critical mass for IPv6, it's not worth the headache. I know that if everyone had that attitude, IPv6 will never get critical mass, and that is exactly what I'm rooting for. I don't care for toasters with IP addresses.
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Not just a vector of attack, it also causes performance and connectivity problems when misconfigured. As long as there is no critical mass for IPv6, it's not worth the headache. I know that if everyone had that attitude, IPv6 will never get critical mass, and that is exactly what I'm rooting for. I don't care for toasters with IP addresses.
Well I noticed today that some random hotel in Germany I was thinking of staying at was on ipv6, and it is way more popular than IE6... People want connected devices, in way more numbers than there are ipv4 addresses, and end to end connectivity is the internet.
> end to end connectivity is the internet.
It was definitely the original idea of the internet, but I'd say it no longer is the reality. People want to access Google and Facebook. The vast majority of users don't need or want their device to be directly reachable from the internet but communicate through cloud services.
This is intriguing. I would certainly like to know more about what is happening with this.
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All of the openbsd devs use thinkpads and they have good compatibility in my experience. The newest ones might have UEFI and they might not work well.
I heard this and installed OpenBSD on my thinkpad only to find out there is no support for nVidia. I suppose you need ATI or Intel video to get a working X. There is a brief warning about nVidia here: http://www.openbsd.org/amd64.html