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gnome-control-center package

IPv6 ::1 is not in gnome-network-preferences

Bug #304621 reported by Fred
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-control-center
New
Low
gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

In the Ignored Host List, there are localhost, 127.0.0.0/8, and *.local.

It includes the loopback IP address for IPv4, but does not include it for IPv6.

It should add ::1 (i.e., 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1) which is the IPv6 address form.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Localhost

Also, it does not include the .localhost TLD which is a reserved top-level domain defined in RFC 2606.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.localhost

See original description
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Patrick Kilgore (patrick-kilgore) wrote :

Confirmed. I'm going to forward it upstream to gnome as well.

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Patrick Kilgore (patrick-kilgore) wrote :

Triaged and sent upstream, thanks for taking the time to help make Ubuntu better!

Just in case, I'm marking this as a possible security vulnerability. I feel like sending a localhost connection you think is going through a loopback interface through a proxy might be a bad idea from a security perspective, but my knowledge on networking security like this is very minimal feel free to correct me if I am being overzealous.

Changed in gnome-control-center:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Fred (eldmannen+launchpad)
description: updated
Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)
Changed in gnome-control-center:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-control-center:
status: Unknown → New
Revision history for this message
Fred (eldmannen+launchpad) wrote :

This is still an issue in Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" LTS.

tags: added: localhost loopback
Fred (eldmannen+launchpad)
tags: added: ipv6
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-control-center:
importance: Unknown → Low
Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand)
security vulnerability: yes → no
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) → nobody
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