And the corresponding distributing protocol format was already there in the 
previous version. :)

http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-6man-addr-select-opt-00

We just dropped this bit in the latest -01 version.

Best regards,

On 2011/07/27, at 5:37, Arifumi Matsumoto wrote:

> All,
> 
> let me re-post the candidate extended policy table format below.
> 
>> For example, if we extend the policy table to have Privacy column like below,
>> 
>>        Prefix        Precedence Label  Privacy
>>        ::1/128               60     0      OFF
>>        fc00::/7              50     1      OFF
>>        ::/0                  40     2       ON
>>        ::ffff:0:0/96         30     3      OFF
>>        2002::/16             20     4      OFF
>>        2001::/32             10     5      OFF
>>        ::/96                  1    10      OFF
>>        fec0::/10              1    11      OFF
>> 
>> a temporary address will be used only when a destination address longest 
>> matches ::/0 entry in this table.
> 
> This is rather simple form of privacy extension control.
> Only the destination prefix determines whether the privacy extension for the 
> source prefix should be used or not.
> In this case, even if a host has multiple prefixes, the source prefix does 
> not have effect on it.
> 
> It seems to me that this satisfies the needs we discussed just now.
> 
> 
> If we want to use both destination and source prefixes to control the usage 
> of privacy extension,
> we need additional mechanisms like Label.
> 
> 
> Or, any other implementation form ?
> 
> 
> On 2011/06/29, at 14:28, Arifumi Matsumoto wrote:
> 
>> Hi Suresh,
>> 
>> On 2011/06/29, at 4:32, Suresh Krishnan wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Tim,
>>> There is already a programmatic switch for this in RFC5014 
>>> (IPV6_PREFER_SRC_TMP/IPV6_PREFER_SRC_PUBLIC). Applications wishing to 
>>> override system policy may do so by using this API.
>> 
>> Yes. An application can control which kind of address to choose by that API.
>> 
>> Our question is whether we should have a way to configure host-wide policy 
>> about when to use temporary address or not.
>> 
>> For example, if we extend the policy table to have Privacy column like below,
>> 
>>        Prefix        Precedence Label  Privacy
>>        ::1/128               60     0      OFF
>>        fc00::/7              50     1      OFF
>>        ::/0                  40     2       ON
>>        ::ffff:0:0/96         30     3      OFF
>>        2002::/16             20     4      OFF
>>        2001::/32             10     5      OFF
>>        ::/96                  1    10      OFF
>>        fec0::/10              1    11      OFF
>> 
>> a temporary address will be used only when a destination address longest 
>> matches ::/0 entry in this table.
>> 
>> Please note that this is about address selection and not about whether a 
>> host should generate temporary address for a received RA prefix.
>> 
>> As Tim mentioned, if we agree to have this kind of new tool, after that, we 
>> should discuss about policy distribution of this added column.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> Suresh
>>> 
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Chown 
>>> [[email protected]]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 10:38 AM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: rfc3484-bis issue 2: privacy addresses
>>> 
>>> The second issue is surrounding IPv6 privacy addresses (RFC4941).
>>> 
>>> Section 3.1 of RFC4941 states:
>>> "this document assumes that when a node initiates outgoing
>>> 
>>> communication, temporary addresses can be given preference over
>>> public addresses when the device is configured to do so.
>>> [ADDR_SELECT<http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4941#ref-ADDR_SELECT>] mandates 
>>> implementations to provide a mechanism, which
>>> allows an application to configure its preference for temporary
>>> addresses over public addresses.  It also allows for an
>>> implementation to prefer temporary addresses by default, so that the
>>> connections initiated by the node can use temporary addresses without
>>> requiring application-specific enablement."
>>> 
>>> 
>>> This suggests there should be a mechanism for a host to choose whether to 
>>> use temporary or public addresses.  RFC3484 talks about preferring 
>>> temporary or public addresses in Rule 7.  In practice, implementations seem 
>>> to prefer privacy addresses (to initiate connections) when they are 
>>> enabled.  At the moment, RFC3484-bis says nothing different or new for 
>>> privacy addresses.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Should there be a configuration switch for privacy extensions somewhere, 
>>> and if so how is this controlled - locally or via a policy distribution 
>>> mechanism?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> In IETF80, the suggestion to 'tell' a host whether it should use privacy 
>>> addresses by using an RA flag was not well received. There was at least one 
>>> comment at IETF80 that the privilege to carry the traffic and the privilege 
>>> to turn on/off the privacy extension should be different.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Comments please.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Tim
>>> 
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>> 
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>> Arifumi Matsumoto
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