Re: [PATCH] IPv6: Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6

From: Pekka Savola (pekkas@netcore.fi)
Date: Thu Oct 31 2002 - 03:24:11 EST


On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / [iso-2022-jp] $B5HF#1QL@(B wrote:
> In article <Pine.LNX.4.44.0210310942030.19356-100000@netcore.fi> (at Thu, 31 Oct 2002 09:43:40 +0200 (EET)), Pekka Savola <pekkas@netcore.fi> says:
>
> > Generating and re-generating new temporary addresses seems to be a useless
> > work and just new addresses unless they're being used at least by some
> > applications.
>
> set default to 0 (don't use it) for now is ok?

Sure, ok for me. (I'm assuming we'll be able to change the default at
some point when more knowledge and experience is gained but we're talking
about at least a year or two here, I think).

(This is why I never perceived privacy addresses as a critical work item
at the moment -- e.g. multicast routing might be more interesting.)

I don't know how Dave and Alexey feel, of course.

-- 
Pekka Savola                 "Tell me of difficulties surmounted,
Netcore Oy                   not those you stumble over and fall"
Systems. Networks. Security.  -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords

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