[CentOS] Centos 5.2, Firefox 3, and IPv6

Craig White craigwhite at azapple.com
Tue Aug 12 03:47:23 UTC 2008


On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 23:28 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> Craig White wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 21:11 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> >   
> >> I am doing some testing and it almost seems as if Firefox 3.0.1 that 
> >> comes with Centos 5.2 is NOT working with IPv6.
> >>
> >> Anyone know for sure?
> >>
> >> I am getting weird hang behaviours and other just not working things.
> >>     
> > ----
> > more likely a DNS issue
> Name is coded in /etc/hosts
> 
> Of course the fqdn I am using does NOT follow 'standard' TLDs, but it 
> should NOT be masking that, or would that be a 'security' feature?
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I have no clue what you are talking about being coded in /etc/hosts...

you can check DNS if it returns ipV6 addresses for hosts or if there are
snags/delays in trying to resolve names from command line

Craig




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