Re: [Cbor] Supporting IPv6 Link-Local with scope (was Re: Éric Vyncke's Discuss on draft-ietf-cbor-network-addresses-09: (with DISCUSS and COMMENT))

[Thiago Macieira <[e-mail]>]

On Tuesday, 5 October 2021 17:44:45 PDT Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> Correct, but the name can also change (I forget the magic command on Linux,
> but it exists). In socket calls such as connect() you need the interface
> index, and the conversion from interface id to interface index is a bit
> system-dependent but typically involves getaddrinfo(). The only safe
> assumption is that they're both dynamic, but which you need depends on
> the exact use case.

Actually, the front-end API is if_nametoindex(). The low-level one involves 
either a SIOCGIFINDEX or open a netlink socket and querying with RTM_GETLINK.

> I suggest that we should be able to support both formats. Since CBOR is
> typed, that's easy enough.

Agreed. That avoid a conversion that might need to be undone on the other 
side. The other side may want to display something to the user and therefore 
may want to have the "nice" interface name.

Not that "wlp0s20f3" is nice, for me. I've had this laptop for 3 months and 
have yet to memorise that.

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