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Fernando Gont <fernando@gont.com.ar> Sat, 12 March 2011 11:03 UTC

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On 09/03/2011 09:19 a.m., huabing yu wrote:

> (1)If "H" ("Hardware-derived addresses") flag is 1, it indicates that
> the host SHOULD generate hardware-derived addresses, and doesn't 
> generate privacy addresses.
> (2)If "H" ("Hardware-derived addresses") flag is 0, the author say that 
> this bit indicates that Privacy Extensions SHOULD be enabled 
> when configuring IPv6 addresses as a result of Stateless Address
> Autoconfiguration,
> *but many people will think that it indicates that the host doesn't
> generate *
> *hardware-derived addresses, and SHOULD generate privacy addresses. It may *
> *result in a misunderstanding.*

I don't really follow the potential misunderstanding. Anyway see version
-01 of the document (that I've just posted).

Thanks!

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Fernando Gont
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