Re: I-D Action: draft-ietf-6man-ipv6-address-generation-privacy-01.txt

Mark ZZZ Smith <markzzzsmith@yahoo.com.au> Sat, 15 February 2014 03:37 UTC

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Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 19:37:24 -0800
From: Mark ZZZ Smith <markzzzsmith@yahoo.com.au>
Subject: Re: I-D Action: draft-ietf-6man-ipv6-address-generation-privacy-01.txt
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Hi,


I think it would be useful to not specifically couple address configuration methods (SLAAC, DHCPv6, static/manual) with address generation methods (MAC derived, RFC4941, cryptographically generated etc.). I think what is being discussed about addresses equally applies regardless of the address configuration method used to configure the resulting IPv6 address on an interface.

So, for example, dropping the address configuration method:


"Over the years, many interface identifier generation  techniques have been defined, both standardized and non-standardized:

      *  IPv4 address

      *  Service port

      *  Wordy

      *  Low-byte

      *  IEEE 802 48-bit MAC or IEEE EUI-64 identifier
         [RFC1972][RFC2464]

      *  Cryptographically generated [RFC3972]

      *  Temporary (also known as "privacy addresses") [RFC4941]

      *  Constant, semantically opaque (also known as random)
         [Microsoft]

      *  Stable, semantically opaque
         [I-D.ietf-6man-stable-privacy-addresses]

      *  IPv4 address and port [RFC4380]"

Regards,
Mark.