On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 07:01:02PM +, Klemens Nanni wrote:
> IPv6LL no longer uses SOII (ifconfig(8) `soii' description got fixed).
Relevant commit:
sys/netinet6/in6_ifattach.c revision 1.114
date: 2019/08/21 15:32:18; author: florian; state: Exp; lines: +2
-83;
Remove support for semantically opace interface identifiers (RFC 7217)
for IPv6 link local addresses.
> Don't ignore this step in dry-runs. In analogy to how we print
> { ifconfig trunk0 || ifconfig trunk0 create; }
>
> the file check could be deferred and printed as well, i.e.
> [[ -f /etc/soii.key ]] && sysctl ...
>
> Better print the check?
> Feedback? Objection? OK?
Here's the diff that prints the check, which is probably better.
Index: netstart
===
RCS file: /cvs/src/etc/netstart,v
retrieving revision 1.222
diff -u -p -r1.222 netstart
--- netstart24 Oct 2022 20:51:07 - 1.222
+++ netstart26 Oct 2022 17:29:45 -
@@ -323,9 +323,13 @@ done
shift $((OPTIND-1))
# Load key material for the generation of IPv6 Semantically Opaque Interface
-# Identifiers (SOII) used for link local and SLAAC addresses.
-$PRINT_ONLY || [[ ! -f /etc/soii.key ]] ||
- sysctl -q "net.inet6.ip6.soiikey=$(
