Your message dated Mon, 7 Mar 2011 17:36:44 +0100
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and subject line Re: Bug#616687: The webserver is listening on blacklisted ipv6
has caused the Debian Bug report #616687,
regarding The webserver is listening on blacklisted ipv6
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Package: thttpd
Severity: normal
The thttpd web server appears to be listening for ipv6 traffic even though
the ipv6 kernel module is blacklisted and not loaded.
netstat -a|grep www
tcp6 0 0 [::]:www [::]:* LISTEN
^
This protocol is not supported on this LAN segment
The /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf file contains the following entries:
blacklist ipv6
We should not be listening on ipv6 or displaying addresses in ipv6 format
when ipv6 is blacklisted within the kernel.
Mark.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i386)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-rc6-486
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/pdksh
Versions of packages thttpd depends on:
ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii logrotate 3.7.8-6 Log rotation utility
thttpd recommends no packages.
Versions of packages thttpd suggests:
pn thttpd-util <none> (no description available)
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--- Begin Message ---
* Mark Hobley <markhob...@yahoo.co.uk> [110306 17:48]:
> The thttpd web server appears to be listening for ipv6 traffic even though
> the ipv6 kernel module is blacklisted and not loaded.
>
> netstat -a|grep www
> tcp6 0 0 [::]:www [::]:* LISTEN
If netstat shows this, ipv6 is enabled in the kernel. So this is not
thttp's fault.
> The /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf file contains the following entries:
> blacklist ipv6
That only works if ipv6 is a module. With newer kernels it longer is a
module.
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-rc6-486
That seems more than new enough to no longer allow disabling of ipv6
this way. To verify try
grep CONFIG_IPV6= /boot/config-*
If that is a 'm' you can blacklist. If it is a 'y' you cannot blacklist.
The modern way to disable ipv6 is:
echo 'net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1' > /etc/sysctl.d/noipv6.conf
Bernhard R. Link
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