[tor-bugs] #4806 [Tor]: Detect and warn when running IPv6-using client without IPv6 address privacy

Tue Dec 8 05:08:29 UTC 2015

#4806: Detect and warn when running IPv6-using client without IPv6 address privacy
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 Reporter:  nickm                                |          Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                          |         Status:
 Priority:  High                                 |  needs_revision
Component:  Tor                                  |      Milestone:  Tor:
 Severity:  Normal                               |  0.2.???
 Keywords:  ipv6, tor-client, 026-triaged-0,     |        Version:
  nickm-patch, 027-triaged-1-out                 |     Resolution:
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Changes (by teor):

 * severity:   => Normal

Comment:

 OS X 10.7 (2011) and later have sysctl net.inet6.ip6.use_tempaddr set to 1
 by default.
 (If a user has changed these, they know what they're doing. If an admin
 has, perhaps we still want to warn the user.)

 Source: https://www.hpc.mil/index.php/2013-08-29-16-03-23/networking-
 overview/2013-10-03-17-24-38/ipv6-knowledge-base-ip-transport/enabling-
 ipv6-in-mac-os-x
 (US DoD root certificate)

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