netdev - Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 28282] New: forwarding turns autoconfiguration off

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Message-Id: <20110208133408.7d447e6a.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Tue, 8 Feb 2011 13:34:08 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org,
	bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org, hadmut@...isch.de
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 28282] New: forwarding turns autoconfiguration
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On Sat, 5 Feb 2011 18:06:31 GMT
bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org wrote:

> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28282
> 
>            Summary: forwarding turns autoconfiguration off
>            Product: Networking
>            Version: 2.5
>     Kernel Version: 2.6.35
>           Platform: All
>         OS/Version: Linux
>               Tree: Mainline
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P1
>          Component: IPV6
>         AssignedTo: yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org
>         ReportedBy: hadmut@...isch.de
>         Regression: No
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Linux ethernet interfaces do not use autoconfiguration and do ignore router
> advertisings if the packet forwarding is turned on in the configuration (i.e. 
> /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth0/forwarding set to 1)
> 
> 
> This might be wrong.
> 
> IPv6 network devices can have multiple IPv6 addresses and server several
> purposes at the same time. A machine can have a statically assigned local IPv6
> address and act as a router (e.g. to a virtual machine or a VPN tunnel) and
> thus needs to turn forwarding on, while at the same time it needs to listen to
> router advertisements and autoconfigure, e.g. because a network is connected to
> the internet through a DSL router with dynamically assigned network adresses,
> either through direct IPv6 assignment or a 6to4 tunnel. 
> 
> So there are cases where you need to have autoconfiguration of an IP address
> and forwarding on the same interface at the same time. Therefore, it might be
> technically wrong to have this mutually exclusive. 
> 

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