Localhost IPv6 added as resolver after 24.11 upgrade

jim82

Hi all,

After upgrading my system to 24.11, ::1 was added as a resolver to my list of DNS servers (see screenshot).

I'm not using IPv6 and have followed the guidelines to block/disable it on these forums.

How can I remove it from the resolver list?

Thanks
/Jim

jimp

It's harmless and only local to the device. While you can block IPv6 there is no way to disable it completely in the OS, and it's necessary in certain cases.

Gertjan

@jim82 said in Localhost IPv6 added as resolver after 24.11 upgrade:

How can I remove it from the resolver list?

Yes !
A forum user known as johnpoz showed how to do that, or in any case this week.

edit : Humm can't find it.

It was something like this :

the idea is : normally the perfect two (127.0.0.1 and ::1) are present, except if you define your own, like the image shows.

stephenw10

You have to set the 'DNS Resolution Behavior' to Use Remote Servers only so it doesn't add localhost automatically too.

jim82

@jimp Thanks a lot, then I will just leave it as is :)

jim82

@Gertjan Many thanks for showing me the workaround. I tried and it's a viable option.

jim82

@stephenw10 Thanks a lot for your reply. It works.

Gertjan

@jim82 said in Localhost IPv6 added as resolver after 24.11 upgrade:

it's a viable option

But limited in time.
I'm like everybody else, I saw IPv6 coming, and thought back then (early 2000) : "wow, that's something my kids have to deal with, IPv4 rocks, works fine, and I've other things to do".
Now, its 2024. Every OS on planet earth will use initially IPv6, and if that doesn't work out, it will fall back to IPv4 if available.
Read again what I've just said. For every connection that is created, this decision step is taken.

True, not every ISP offers a IPv6 connection. Lets presume most do now. And if they do, chances are the connection is pretty broken in the way they implemented it "not as it should be". (RFCs are clear, but they are like us : don't want to learn new things, and, it costs them $€)
We've seen this already happening ones, when IPv4 went mainstream for 'everybody', when ISPs were created. It took a decade or so for IPv4 as a connection method became a no-brainer. These days, it works out of the box, with much knowledge needed.

Anyway, if you can, make IPv6 work. deal with it now. Our kids have already enough problems to deal with, like flooding, overheated planet and so on