On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 8:24 AM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>wrote: > > > Rob Townley wrote: > >> On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:15 PM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com<mailto: >> rgm at htt-consult.com>> wrote: >> >> Craig White wrote: >> >> 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? >> >> ---- >> 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 >> >> p3490.htt is in my /etc/hosts file as something like: >> >> 2701:24:2:1:0:1:2:3 p3490.htt >> >> I can 'ping6 -n p3490.htt' >> >> But putting a url of http//p3490.htt does not work.... >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org <mailto:CentOS at centos.org> >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> DNS can be real slow when IPv6 is enabled. For instance the following >> firefox delta would speed up firefox on IPv4 connections. Maybe you need to >> turn it on? >> > > You may have already found this, but it helped when I had the same >> problem. >> >> In firefox type in about:config, >> filter for 'ipv6' you should have an entry for network.dns.disableIPv6 >> right click on it and 'toggle' it to a true value, >> restart firefox and see if it helps. >> > > Um, as the original poster, I WANT IPv6. Not make IPv4 lookups faster by > ignoring AAAA records. > > Further testing has IPv6 working just fine. Thing is when I enable the HIP > API intercepts, FIrefox does not work. Like they are doing something > 'non-standard' with the regualr TCP socket API so that HIP can't slide in > there. I tried disabling a number of options, thinking it might be some > security setting, but if it is, I have not found it. > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Yep, i fully understood you wanted IPv6. i just thought you might want to verify what settings you have for Firefox -- making sure Firefox has turned on IPv6 dns. Just curious, what is the motivation for the HIP api stuff, it is not there by default is it? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080827/c6a1c3ac/attachment-0005.html>