I can confirm all of the security addresses by default are marked Global. There is no application level workaround for this.
$ ifconfig eth0 | awk '/inet6/ {print $1,$2,"ipv6addr",$4}' inet6 addr: ipv6addr Scope:Global inet6 addr: ipv6addr Scope:Global inet6 addr: ipv6addr Scope:Global inet6 addr: ipv6addr Scope:Link inet6 addr: ipv6addr Scope:Global inet6 addr: ipv6addr Scope:Global inet6 addr: ipv6addr Scope:Global inet6 addr: ipv6addr Scope:Global inet6 addr: ipv6addr Scope:Global -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068756 Title: IPv6 Privacy Extensions enabled on Ubuntu Server by default To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procps/+bug/1068756/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs