Re: RFC4941bis: consequences of many addresses for the network

Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com> Tue, 28 January 2020 02:12 UTC

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Subject: Re: RFC4941bis: consequences of many addresses for the network
To: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>, Gyan Mishra <hayabusagsm@gmail.com>
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On 24/1/20 19:11, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
>>   I agree RFC 7217 stable address is most preferred however Microsoft and Apple don’t support yet.
> 
> I have no idea for Apple,

Mac OS seems to be implementing RFC7217. The flag RFC7217 adresses as 
"secured" -- for reasons unknown to me :-)


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