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=== IPv6 Support on ksocket Netgraph Module Links: + link:https://reviews.freebsd.org/D48204[Add IPv6 support for address parsing and unparsing in ng_ksocket] URL: link:https://reviews.freebsd.org/D48204[] Contact: Seyed Pouria Mousavizadeh Tehrani <[email protected]> Support for IPv6 has been added to the man:ng_ksocket[4] module. The `ng_ksocket` node type allows users to open a socket inside the kernel and have it appear as a `netgraph` node. While attempting to export traffic flow using man:ng_netflow[4], I recognized the need for IPv6 implementation within the `ng_ksocket` module. There was a previous attempt to add IPv6 support to the `ng_ksocket` module (see Phabricator review link:https://reviews.freebsd.org/D23788[D23788]). After looking into those changes, I decided to complete the efforts and also add validation to comply with standards. The result is now available as an link:https://reviews.freebsd.org/D48204[updated review on Phabricator]. Now, we can create IPv6 sockets using the ksocket module directly within the `netgraph` framework. After my changes, I was able to export my traffic flows directly using `netgraph` without the need to enable IPv4 on my network links.