> Hi,
>
> Is there any implementation available for RFC 4193 (Unique Local IPv6
> Unicast Address) on a "host machine"?
Yes. ALL EXISTING IPV6 IMPLEMENTATIONS SUPPORT THIS.
Find a ethernet card. Push the address through a cryptographic
hash. Select a group of octets.
Mark
% ifconfig bge0
bge0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
options=1b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING>
inet6 fe80::214:22ff:fed9:fbdc%bge0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
inet 192.168.191.236 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.191.255
inet6 fd92:7065:b8e:0:214:22ff:fed9:fbdc prefixlen 64 autoconf
inet6 2001:470:1f00:820:214:22ff:fed9:fbdc prefixlen 64 autoconf
ether 00:14:22:d9:fb:dc
media: Ethernet autoselect (10baseT/UTP <half-duplex>)
status: active
% echo 00:14:22:d9:fb:dc | md5
6fb5ee6273a57a2d597e62bbc84e1a13
%
> Since the "Global ID" in these address are to be randomly generated, there
> is no way to manual assign a local ipv6 address to an interface?
>
> Regards,
> Prabhu H
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