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IPv6 is not preferred
Bug report
Describe your environment
- Device: Desktop
- OS name and version: Windows Embedded 8.1/Arch Linux
- IVPN app version: 3.7.0
Describe the problem
Steps to reproduce:
- Connect
- Accessing IPv6 test with Firefox
Observed Results:
IPv4 is preferred over IPv6
Expected Results:
I want IPv6 to be preferred over IPv4.
Relevant Code:
// TODO(you): code here to reproduce the problem
PS: In the OS settings, IPv6 has priority. Also, if you connect without IVPN (using your usual ISP), IPv6 is preferred.
As far as I know (I'm not connected to IVPN in any shape or form except being a customer), your OS is still determining which IP to use in most cases, except when an application does it by itself. If conditions on your own network and on IVPN's network are slightly different, that could make your OS prefer IPv4 over IPv6 then. The only way that IVPN can really help here is by implemention #141 which I would also be interested in myself.
@ghost Hi. @jeifour is right. Only the app (browser, OS, ... etc.) is responsible for choosing which protocol to use. It may depend on different factors which are out of our control (connectivity speel, latency... etc.). For example, you may get different test results by using different types of browsers or when connecting to different servers.
I am closing the ticket.
This is the same problem as mullvad/mullvadvpn-app#3608. IVPN is in the business of networking and has no knowledge of these basic RFCs about IPv6. Can we trust IVPN to be run by engineers who do not have the proper knowledge?
