misc/159019: freebsd ipv6 address are advertised but do not respond

[Russell Cattelan]

>Number:         159019
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       freebsd ipv6 address are advertised but do not respond
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jul 19 01:10:08 UTC 2011
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Russell Cattelan
>Release:        
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
macpro00[6:16pm]-=>dig AAAA lists.freebsd.org

; <<>> DiG 9.6.0-APPLE-P2 <<>> AAAA lists.freebsd.org
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 63270
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;lists.freebsd.org.		IN	AAAA

;; ANSWER SECTION:
lists.freebsd.org.	2383	IN	CNAME	bwwwdyn.freebsd.org.
bwwwdyn.freebsd.org.	3598	IN	AAAA	2001:4f8:fff6::27

;; Query time: 70 msec
;; SERVER: 10.0.0.9#53(10.0.0.9)
;; WHEN: Mon Jul 18 19:59:29 2011
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 85

but 
macpro00[8:00pm]-=>telnet 2001:4f8:fff6::27 80
Trying 2001:4f8:fff6::27...


So anybody with ipv6 enabled will end up with with a connection timeout.



>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
maybe it would be best not to publish the AAAA records for the standard systems
but do like a ivp6.freebsd.org

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: