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Re:Linux: Limit IPv6 connectivity to specific programs by akira2501 on Sunday June 16, 2013 @09:17PM (#5890866)
This seems to take the long way around. I wonder why they didn't consider just using the firewall to control network traffic; unless you really need your applications to be completely unaware of IPv6, but so far, I've not experienced that problem.

Also, requiring root privileges for launch is a bit of a burden in some use-case scenarios.

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Re:Linux: Limit IPv6 connectivity to specific programs by Already__Taken on Monday June 17, 2013 @04:27AM (#5892062)
Not exactly a common use case or linux related but my Red Alert 2 game patched for tcp/ip instead of IPX support it shipped with will only let you into LAN game lobbies on ipv6, you can't see any games to join. ipv4 and it works like a charm.

My point is just that I'm sure some very very weird stuff can happen with software.

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