Re: [rtcweb] Transports: RFC 4941 support?

[Roman Shpount <[e-mail]>]

On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 8:28 PM, Justin Uberti <[e-mail]> wrote:

>
> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Roman Shpount <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 7:03 PM, Justin Uberti <[e-mail]>wrote:
>>
>>> Your take is what I had in mind. Basically a ruleset like this:
>>>
>>>  gather_ipv4_addresses();
>>>  if (has_ipv6) {
>>>   if (has_temporary_addresses && temporaries_not_forbidden_by_policy) {
>>>     gather_temporary_ipv6_addresses();
>>>   } else {
>>>     gather_non_temporary_ipv6_addresses();
>>>  }
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>  What should be done when temporary enabled only on some of the network
>> interfaces of the device, i.e. if, for instance, WiFI interface has only
>> non temp ipv6 address and LTE has both temp and permanent address present?
>>
>>
> Is this a real-world problem? As I understand it, temporary addresses are
> assigned by the host, so you either support them or you don't.
>

On Linux you can enable temporary addresses per interface, so it is
possible.

The whole problem (with using temp or permanent addresses) is a bit
imaginary since under most common client setups you only see temporary
addresses. Permanent IPv6 addresses show up only on servers or if
specifically configured on the host.
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Roman Shpount