[openstack-dev] [neutron] [fwaas] -IPv6 support in Kilo

Mike Spreitzer mspreitz at us.ibm.com
Tue Jun 2 18:04:41 UTC 2015


> From: Rukhsana Ansari <rukhsana.ansari at oneconvergence.com>
> To: openstack-dev at lists.openstack.org
> Date: 06/02/2015 01:59 PM
> Subject: [openstack-dev]  [neutron] [fwaas] -IPv6 support in Kilo
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I was browsing the code to understand IPv6  support For FWaaS in Kilo.
> 
> I don't see a restriction in the db code or in reference fwaas_plugin.py
> 
> However, from  this:
> https://github.com/openstack/neutron-fwaas/blob/stable/kilo/
> neutron_fwaas/services/firewall/drivers/vyatta/vyatta_fwaas.py#L126
> 
> I gather that at least Vyatta does not have IPv6 firewall support.
> 
> Would greatly appreciate it if someone could explain  the reasons 
> for this restriction.
> 
> Thanks
> -Rukhsana

Indeed, this is a surprise to me.  
http://www.brocade.com/downloads/documents/html_product_manuals/vyatta/vyatta_5400_manual/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm#href=Firewall/Firewall_Overview.02.11.html#1749726 
indicates that the Vyatta 5400, at least, definitely has firewall 
functionality.
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