Re: [libvirt] RFC: Supporting IPv6 on libvirt virtual networks

On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:22:08 -0400 Laine Stump <laine(a)laine.org&gt; wrote: As a user I'm really looking forward to this. Without IPv6 support, it's difficult to move away from the script based networking. (which in turn doesn't play nice with a qemu locked down with SELinux) I suppose omitting this for IPv6 would be shorthand for the standard 64-bit prefix? You write optional here, but your examples doesn't omit it so just so I'm not misinterpreting I figure I'd ask. :) I agree with the points already brought up in this thread. I would like to request though that you keep this point that it is possible to not have router advertisement. I don't have any actual failure scenarios to motivate this, but I like the general principle of disabling features that aren't necessary. :) Given the scenario under which libvirt is commonly used, have you given any thought to more dynamic prefix management? With IPv4 NAT "solves" the issue of the machine moving around different connections. With IPv6, something else is needed. I believe DHCPv6 can query for a network that the machine in turn can delegate. Not sure how you would go about getting that functionality connected to libvirt somehow though. :) Any idea of the time frame for getting basic support into the main repo? And any plans for RHEL 6 given the "comprehensive IPv6 support"? :) Rgds -- -- Pierre Ossman WARNING: This correspondence is being monitored by FRA, a Swedish intelligence agency. Make sure your server uses encryption for SMTP traffic and consider using PGP for end-to-end encryption.