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Re: IPv6 address assignment for strictly point-to-point links and Device Loopbacks

sthaug@nethelp.no Sat, 29 September 2012 10:09 UTC

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> See also: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-opsec-lla-only-01 which has been discussed today at the Large Interim Meeting

Minor point about this draft: To me there's a contradiction between

2.1 "These link-local addresses SHOULD be hard-coded to prevent
the change of EUI-64 addresses when changing of MAC address"

and

2.2 "Lower configuration complexity: LLAs require no specific
configuration"

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no

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