Bug 2210710 (ipv6-mostly) - [RFE] Support ipv6-mostly networks
Summary: [RFE] Support ipv6-mostly networks
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Status: NEW
Alias: ipv6-mostly
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: distribution
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Linux
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medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Aoife Moloney
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL: https://ripe85.ripe.net/archives/vide...
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Depends On: 2208386 2210713 2210721 2210722 2212331 2212357
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-05-29 08:53 UTC by Petr Menšík
Modified: 2023-06-05 12:25 UTC (History)
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Description Petr Menšík 2023-05-29 08:53:45 UTC
If the network provides IPv6, be able to use that. That is already supported. However, if the network requests its clients to use IPv6 only, do not allocate IPv4 address even if the network can provide it. Instead deploy legacy 464xlat connection if the network provides enough information for it. That allows most of applications to use IPv6 only, but have working fallback for applications using IPv4 fixed addresses.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Have a network providing both ipv6-only dhcp option and DNS64 announced ranges.
2. Connect to network
3. Have only IPv6 address allocated on network interface, IPv4 only on conditionally configured legacy interface.



Presentation on RIPE65 about IPv6 mostly networks:
https://ripe85.ripe.net/presentations/9-RIPE85-Deploying_IPv6_mostly.pdf
https://ripe85.ripe.net/archives/video/923/

Most of changes would need to be done on Network Manager probably. Other components might be involved too, therefore creating it on distribution.

Comment 1 Petr Menšík 2023-05-29 10:14:34 UTC
Interesting discussion for Microsoft's systems, found at PREF64 RA option discussion:
https://blog.apnic.net/2017/01/19/ipv6-only-at-microsoft/

There were also CSNOG presentation in Czech, given by the same presenter:
https://indico.csnog.eu/event/13/contributions/121/

Comment 2 Petr Menšík 2023-05-29 10:19:17 UTC
It seems to me this feature might be interesting also for virtual machine providers, where they could deploy services on many machines connected by IPv6 only connections, while allowing IPv4 connectivity to work for them.


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