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diff --git a/2014-07-17-dhcpcd_6.4.2_changes_defaults_for_ipv6/2014-07-17-dhcpcd_6.4.2_changes_defaults_for_ipv6.en.txt b/2014-07-17-dhcpcd_6.4.2_changes_defaults_for_ipv6/2014-07-17-dhcpcd_6.4.2_changes_defaults_for_ipv6.en.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..11ce7a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/2014-07-17-dhcpcd_6.4.2_changes_defaults_for_ipv6/2014-07-17-dhcpcd_6.4.2_changes_defaults_for_ipv6.en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +Title: dhcpcd >= 6.4.2 changes defaults for IPv6 +Author: William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org> +Content-Type: text/plain +Posted: 2014-07-17 +Revision: 1 +News-Item-Format: 1.0 +Display-If-Installed: <=net-misc/dhcpcd-6.4.2 + +dhcpcd-6.4.2 and newer supports IPv6 stable private addresses when using +IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration (SLAAC) as described in +RFC-7217 [1]. The configuration file shipped with dhcpcd activates this +feature by default, because it means that a machine cannot be tracked +across multiple networks since its address will no longer be based on +the hardware address of the interface. + +I received a report in testing that IPv6 connectivity was lost due +to this change [2]. If you are concerned about losing IPv6 connectivity, +temporarily comment out the line in dhcpcd.conf that says +"slaac private" until you can adjust to the new configuration. + +See the references below for why the upstream default is to use stable +private instead of hardware-based addresses. + +[1] http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7217 +[2] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=514198 +[3] http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-6man-default-iids-00 +[4] http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-net/2014/06/04/msg004572.html |