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From: Bone Baboon via Bug reports for GNU Guix <bug-guix@gnu.org>
To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
Cc: 48213@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#48213: offlineimap build fails
Date: Tue, 04 May 2021 21:35:26 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <874kfij735.fsf@disroot.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874kfioogp.fsf@nckx>

>> This would accommodate Guix users who have disabled ipv6.
>
> Guix doesn't virtualise the kernel and expects it to provide all that
> is needful.  Linux offers knobs for *everything*; that doesn't mean
> everything is supported.  Disabling kernel support for basic things
> (namespaces, UNIX domain sockets, IPv6) *will* break certain software.
>
> We shouldn't feel obligated to accommodate strange configurations out
> of the box, but we try to do so when the maintenance cost is very low.
> In this case, you'd need to ensure the test still runs on the vast
> majority of systems with IPv6.

Sorry I should have explained the rationale for this in my initial
message.

For privacy conscious individuals one tool for improving online privacy
is a VPN service. Many VPN service providers recommend disabling
ipv6. This is because of ipv6 leaks. 

https://ipv6leak.com/ is a ipv6 leak testing site.  It is the first
result when searching for "ipv6 leak" with searx.ir.  Using this website
I can see that the privacy provided by my VPN service provider is
compromised by an ipv6 leak when I enable ipv6.  This is why I have ipv6
disabled.

I am open to suggestions on free software alternatives to using a VPN
service that do not require ipv6 to be disabled. The current VPN service
I am using allows the use of a openvpn client so I do not need to
install any proprietary software on my computer to use their service.  I
am aware of Tor or I2P but have not yet looked into how I could to send
my network traffic over those networks.




  reply	other threads:[~2021-05-05  1:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-04  1:11 bug#48213: offlineimap build fails Bone Baboon via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2021-05-04  9:08 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2021-05-05  1:35   ` Bone Baboon via Bug reports for GNU Guix [this message]
2021-05-06  3:32   ` Bone Baboon via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2021-05-04 20:39 ` Mark H Weaver
2021-05-11 14:53   ` Bone Baboon via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2021-05-27 20:55   ` zimoun
2021-05-30 19:27     ` Mark H Weaver
2021-07-02 16:42       ` zimoun
2021-07-13  8:24     ` zimoun
2021-08-17 21:20       ` zimoun

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