netdev - Re: [Bug 28512] IPv6 SLAAC address preferred over static one as source address

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Message-ID: <20110330091115.GA8520@boris.ghen.be>
Date:	Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:11:15 +0200
From:	Geert Hendrickx <geert@...drickx.be>
To:	bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Bug 28512] IPv6 SLAAC address preferred over static one as
 source address

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 09:00:25 +0000, bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org wrote:
> The script posted at:
> 
> http://www.davidc.net/networking/ipv6-source-address-selection-linux
> 
> to mark the addresses as deprecated.


That requires you to know the SLAAC address (and thus the MAC address) in
advance, so not always applicable.  It's also no longer "stateless auto
configuration" if you have to hardcode the address in your startup config.


	Geert
 

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