Curious situation - not urgent, but I'd like to know more

[Antonio Querubin]

On Mon, 21 Dec 2015, Brian E Carpenter wrote:

> Yes. Apparently Win8 is up to date in that respect (i.e. follows RFC6724 not
> RFC3484). It would be possible to make Win8 misbehave by changing the default
> preferences (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6724#section-10.6).
>
> Conversely, it's possible to make Win7 behave correctly by changing its default
> policies to conform to RFC6724. I just found the following site that offers a
> script (YMMV, I haven't checked it):
> https://sites.google.com/site/jrey42/Home/ipv6/prefixpolicies
>
> But if that is the cause of the original issue, maybe switching off the
> ULA prefix would be easier, and nicer than switching off IPv6.

Anybody from MS know whether there's a planned official patch for Win7? 
Turning on IPv6 on a network with many Win7 systems might result in IPv6 
being turned off with extreme prejudice :)

Antonio Querubin
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