netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv6: addrconf: clear IPv6 addresses and routes when losing link

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Message-ID: <AANLkTinA+znFn4txgq_2=njuX+eCTNJW+n_psbMYkU9d@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:03:38 -0700
From:	Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@...gle.com>
To:	Maciej Żenczykowski <zenczykowski@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Brian Haley <brian.haley@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: addrconf: clear IPv6 addresses and routes when
 losing link

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 1:35 AM, Maciej Żenczykowski
<zenczykowski@...il.com> wrote:
> So how does all this work with privacy addresses, established
> connections, and a link flap?

The current privacy address comes back because it's a time-based hash.
I think the old ones are gone. Still, I think it's better that
connections from 1 day ago don't work any more (the default for
privacy addresses is 1 day), than if all new and all old connections
don't work any more.
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