IPV6PREF(1)

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version 1.0.3 · 5 versions
, in ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing

💖 ipv6pref — like, the whole vibe 💖

okay bestie so this is the ipv6pref manual page, section 1 (that's the user-commands one, iykyk), and it is literally the little script that decides which of your IPv6 addresses gets to be the main character when you go out into the world. slay. let's get into it ✨

✨ NAME ✨

ipv6pref — set IPv6 address selection preference 🦋

like. it sets your IPv6 address selection preference. that's the whole job. iconic behavior honestly.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ipv6pref [-p | -t] <cmd>

v6pub <cmd>

v6tmp <cmd>

three ways in, all of them valid, all of them cute 💅

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so real talk: this program is a wrapper script that preloads the ipv6pref library, which is the whole trick that lets you, the user, pick your preference for the IPv6 address selection. no cap.

and the way you usually use it? through the symlinks v6pub or v6tmp 🫶 those two are the little besties that advise the command you handed over to use either:

  • the public IPv6 address for outgoing connections, or
  • the temporary address that gets assigned when you're using the IPv6 Privacy Extensions.

so it's giving "you choose which address represents you today" energy and honestly? obsessed. 🔥

⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

  • -p — tells the program you called to use the public IPv6 address for outgoing connections. this one is the default when the wrapper gets called by the name v6pub. so if you're v6pub, you're already doing this, bestie, no extra flag needed 💖
  • -t — tells the program you called to use the temporary, randomly generated IPv6 addresses for outgoing connections. this is the default when the wrapper is called by the name v6tmp. privacy era 🧚✨
also note: it's -p or -t, one or the other, the bracket in the synopsis is literally telling you that. pick a lane, pick a vibe 🌈

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Stefan Tomanek <stefan.tomanek@wertarbyte.de> — the actual legend who made this. give them their flowers 💐

and that's the whole page!! version 1.0.3, dated 2024-02-17, and it's the ipv6pref manual through and through. go forth and choose your address, queen 👑💜

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