netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] [IPV6]: Fix source address selection for ORCHID addresses

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Date:	Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:55:56 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jmtapio@...kkotelakka.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] [IPV6]: Fix source address selection for ORCHID
 addresses

From: Juha-Matti Tapio <jmtapio@...kkotelakka.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:08:42 +0200

> Skip the prefix length matching in source address selection for
> orchid -> non-orchid addresses.
> 
> Overlay Routable Cryptographic Hash IDentifiers (RFC 4843,
> 2001:10::/28) are currenty not globally reachable. Without this
> check a host with an ORCHID address can end up preferring those over
> regular addresses when talking to other regular hosts in the 2001::/16
> range thus breaking non-orchid connections.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Juha-Matti Tapio <jmtapio@...kkotelakka.net>

Also applied to net-2.6.26, thanks.
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