On Fri, 2011-03-04 at 10:32 -0500, RJ Atkinson wrote: > So at least some of my enterprise network clients would be > very interested in seeing a SLAAC flag be created to inform > end systems that the so-called IPv6 privacy addresses > are NOT to be used with a given routing-prefix advertised > via IPv6 RA messages.
Even if the router issued such a flag, any host would still be at liberty to use any address it liked. The router flags, as I read the RFCs anyway, are more in the nature of hints. Short of not issuing RAs at all. For example, nothing stops me configuring a static address, even though my router is issuing prefix information - in fact, even if it doesn't issue any prefix information at all (which is pretty much where IPv4 is at). And I can still issue a DHCP SOLICIT, even if the router didn't tell me to (though how far it would get is another story). Regards, K. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer ([email protected]) +61-2-64957160 (h) http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer/ +61-428-957160 (mob) GPG fingerprint: DA41 51B1 1481 16E1 F7E2 B2E9 3007 14ED 5736 F687 Old fingerprint: B386 7819 B227 2961 8301 C5A9 2EBC 754B CD97 0156
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